CNG 91, Lot: 246. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 17.05 g, 1h). Struck circa 255/50-241 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / Athena enthroned left, resting on shield to right, crowning dynastic name with wreath; spear in background, ivy leaf to outer left, monogram to inner left, bow to right. Westermark Group IVB (V.XLIII/R.– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG France 1610–5; SNG von Aulock 1356; SNG Copenhagen 335 (same obv. die). EF, toned. Well centered.