★ Plate coin in de Callataÿ, ex Schlessinger 11, 1934 ★

KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes III Euergetes, 127-94 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32.5 mm, 16.88 g, 11 h), Dated BE 196 = 102-101 BC. Diademed head of Nikomedes III to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ / PϘΣ Zeus standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and sceptre in left; eagle standing to left on thunderbolt above monogram and date. De Callataÿ, Guerres, pl. XIX, D103/R2a (this coin). DCA 444. Recueil Général II, p. 202.. Toned. About extremely fine.

From the collection of a Mentor, ex Hess 251, 7 May 1987, 181, Spink Numismatic Circular April 1980, 2810, Schlessinger 11, 26 February 1934, 311.