★ An unusually attractive diassarion of Claudius from Nicomedia ★

BITHYNIA. Nicomedia. Claudius, 41-54. Diassarion (Orichalcum, 26 mm, 12.28 g, 6 h), P. Pasidienus Firmus, proconsul. TI ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ Laureate head of Claudius to left. Rev. ΕΠΙ Π•ΠΑΣΙΔΙΗΝΟΥ ΦΙΡΜΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ - Β / ΠΑΤΡΩΝΟΣ ΤΗ Σ / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ / ΝΙΚΟΜΗ. RPC I 2080. SNG von Aulock 738. Rare and unusually attractive for this difficult issue. Very fine.