C. Papirius Carbo Nicaea Waddington 1910 8-9, Bronze, struck at Nicaea bithynia, 62–59 BC. Obverse: head of apollo wearing a laurel wreath. Reverse: thyrsus (sceptre surmounted by a pine cone and adorned with ribbons) thyrse. Weight about 5.5 g, diameter 20.6 mm.
| mint | Nicaea bithynia | weight | 5.49g (9) |
| ruler | C. Papirius Carbo | diameter | ⌀20.6 (8) |
| denomination | — | axis | 8↕ (9) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath
reverse
Thyrsus (sceptre surmounted by a pine cone and adorned with ribbons) Thyrse
specimens (8)
British Museum
6.37g
⌀21.0
12↕
British Museum
5.23g
⌀20.0
1↕
British Museum
5.28g
⌀20.0
12↕
British Museum
5.68g
⌀20.0
12↕
British Museum
3.60g
⌀21.0
12↕
British Museum
6.71g
⌀21.0
1↕
CHANGE (Oxford)
National Museum of Denmark
4.86g
Cite this coin
C. Papirius Carbo Nicaea Waddington 1910 8-9 (nicaea_bithynia.waddington.1910.8-9), 62–59 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/c-papirius-carbo-nicaea-waddington-1910-8-9/ (accessed: 2026-10-09). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA