CNG 94, Lot: 464. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERGAMON. Philetairos. 282-263 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.99 g, 12h). Struck circa 269/8-263 BC. Diademed head of Seleukos I right / Athena enthroned left, holding shield, spear cradled in arm, elbow resting on sphinx; ivy leaf to left, bow to outer right. Ingvaldsen, Philetaerus 7 (dies VIb/14); Newell, Pergamene, 14 (dies XVb/33); SC 309.5a; SNG France 1599 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 7451; BMC 28 (same dies). Near VF, darkly toned. Rare.