Triton XVII, Lot: 269. Estimate $3000. 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 (29mm, 16.92 g, 1h). Struck circa 263-255/50 BC. Head of Philetairos right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, right hand resting on shield set at her feet, left elbow resting on small sphinx seated right; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf above knee, monogram on throne, bow to right. Westermark Group III, obv. die V.XXIV; SNG France 1607–8 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 1355; SNG Copenhagen 334; Dewing 2207. EF, toned. High relief.