New Die Combination for Series

CNG 102, Lot: 349. Estimate $1000. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BITHYNIA. Nikomedes IV Philopator. 94-74 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.54 g, 12h). Nikomedia mint. Dated 206 BE (93/2 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Stephanophoros standing left; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram above CΣ (date). Callataÿ p. 61, dies D153/R2 (unlisted combination); RG 40; HGC 6, 646; DCA 445. EF, some underlying luster.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex New York Sale XXXIV (6 January 2015), lot 143.

This piece is numismatically important as it provides a link between the year 205 and 206 coins that share this same monogram. Previously, a link was known between these dates, but for a different monogram.