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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NewStyleKing, post: 4596794, member: 106483&quot;]<b>Nicomedes lV Philopator tetradrachm 88/7 BC</b></p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Nicomedes lll right</p><p>Rev: Zeus Stratios standing in Himeiton holding wreath in LH and Sceptre in other.</p><p>Eagle on thunderbolt under Left arm, below monogram, below ΙΣ date Bithynian-Pontic era 210 = 88/7 BC</p><p>ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ NIKOMHΔOY</p><p>16.19g 34.4 mm</p><p>de Callatay: NEW</p><p><br /></p><p>The name and titles are typically of Nicomedes lll and generally so is the portrait, but here I wonder if this is more like Nick lV himself.</p><p>Not much here , I guess, to enamour the &quot;Queen of Bithynia&quot; himself, ( Gaius Julius Caesar), except the idea of Royalty and what it could mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time this tetradrachm was minted Mithradates&#039;s puppet Socrates Chresto was in charge and Nicomedes was in Rome asking for help!</p><p>As with most invasions there would be hold outs that got by-passed and this is where this tetradrachm was possibly minted.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23982/BOTH_BITY_2~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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