Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 496. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1105. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.02 g, 1h). Struck circa 255/50-241 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / Athena enthroned left, holding wreath, elbow resting on shield; spear behind, ivy leaf to outer left, monogram to inner left, bow to right. Westermark Group IVA, dies V.XLIV:B/R2 = SNG von Post 177 (this coin); SNG France 1610-7. Good VF, minor edge flaw, scrape on neck.

Ex Eric von Post Collection, 177.