112, Lot: 34. Estimate $300. Sold for $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BITHYNIA. Nikomedes IV. 94-74 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 12.70 gm). Dated year 207 (92/91 BC). Diademed head of Nikomedes right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, sceptre in left; eagle on thunderbolt, monogram and ZS to left. De Callataÿ pg. 62 (D178/R-); RG pg. 232; BMC Pontus pg. 215, 3. VF, repaired from 11:00 to 1:00, apparently broken and a piece reattached. Unusually light flan, though the coin shows no signs of casting or copper core.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.