Westermark Plate Coin
Ex Von Post

318, Lot: 187. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.82 g, 1h). Struck circa 255/50-241 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / Athena enthroned left, resting on shield to right, holding transverse spear; to inner left, A above ivy leaf; bow to outer right. Westermark Group IVA, dies V.XXXVI/R.1 = SNG von Post 176 (this coin); SNG France –. VF, toned. Extremely rare, the only coin with this configuration of control marks.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex John F. Sullivan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 125, 26 October 2005), lot 66; CNG Inventory 89136 (October 2005); Eric von Post Collection (Sotheby’s, 9 October 1995), lot 119.