357, Lot: 109. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERGAMON. Philetairos. 282-263 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.84 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Struck circa 269/8-263 BC. Diademed head right / Athena enthroned left, holding spear in left arm, resting right hand on shield set on ground; bow to outer right, A on throne, ivy leaf in exergue. Westermark Group II, dies V.II/R.1 (Eumenes I); SNG France 1603 (Eumenes I); SNG von Aulock 1353 (same dies; Eumenes I). Good VF, toned.

From the Elwood Rafn Collection.