From the Bement Collection

Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 278. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERGAMON. Attalos I. 241-197 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.08 g, 12h). Struck circa 241-235 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, left elbow resting on shield to right, crowning dynastic name with wreath held in her extended right hand; spear behind, bee to outer left, monogram to inner left, bow to right. Westermark Group VI.A (dies V.CXI/R2 – this coin listed as specimen c); SNG France -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, attractive toning. Very rare issue, only four examples recorded by Westermark, two of which were in museums.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 114 (4 March 2002), lot 110; Clarence S. Bement Collection (Naville-Ars Classica VI, 28 January 1923), lot 1393.