CNG 97, Lot: 161. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 17.05 g, 11h). Struck circa 255/0-241 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos right / Athena enthroned left, resting on shield to right, holding transverse spear; ivy leaf to outer left, monogram to inner left, bow to outer right. Westermark Group IVA, dies V.XLVIII/R.– (unlisted rev. die); SNG France 1612 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 1356–7. Good VF, toned, area of roughness on reverse.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 291 (21 November 2012), lot 80; Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 806.