Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 229. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BITHYNIA. Nikomedes III. 128-94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.64 gm). Dated year 197 (101/0 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt, monogram, and date to left. De Callataÿ pg. 59; Waddington, RG pg. 231; cf. SNG Copenhagen 650. Toned VF, flan striations on cheek. ($500)