150, Lot: 91. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of BITHYNIA. Nikomedes III. 127-94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (36mm, 15.46 g). Dated CY 204 (94 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt, monogram, and date to left. De Callataÿ pg. 59 (D143/R1); RG pg. 230; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. VF, darkly toned, graffiti under toning.

From the Richard Winokur Collection.

The graffiti on the reverse appears to be quite old, and consists of the number “1200” repeated twice. An old collection number?