Description: Bithynia, Nikaia, G. Papirius Carbo, Proconsul (62 - 59 BC). NIKAIEΩN (off flan); head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / EΠIΓAIOΥ ΠAΠIΡIOΥ KAΡBΩNOΣ, PΩMH; Roma seated left, holding Victory and sceptre.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 8,42 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: SNG Cop 465-466, BMC 152.2-4

Commentary: rare; olive-grey patina, obverse off-center, good details

History: The last king of Bithynia, Nicomedes IV Philopator, bequeathed his kingdom by will to the Roman republic and in 74 BC Bithynia became a part of the Roman province Bithynia et Pontus.

Article Number: 050-05-05-41652