★ From the Norman Davis Collection, Numismatic Fine Arts XI, 8 December 1982, 152 ★

KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes III Euergetes, 127-94 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 34 mm, 15.78 g, 1 h), Nikomedia, CY 198 = 101/0. Diademed head of Nikomedes III to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - EΠIΦANOΥΣ / NIKOMH[ΔOΥ Zeus standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long scepter in his left; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram and ΗϘΡ (date). BMC 15 ('Nicomedes II'). Davis 193 ( this coin ). De Callataÿ p.59, dies D115/R1 a ( this coin ). HGC 7, 645. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. Beautifully toned and with an impressive pedigree. Minor die breaks, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From the Deyo Collection, Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012, 570, ex Numismatic Fine Arts MBS, 12 October 1985, 286 and from the Norman Davis Collection, Numismatic Fine Arts XI, 8 December 1982, 152.