Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 517. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAMPHYLIA, Side. Circa 200-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.37 gm). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; c/m: lyre flanked by A-N / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate above XPY (magistrate) in left field. SNG France 707; SNG von Aulock -. VF, light porosity. ($200)

Bauslaugh's study of the countermarks of Eumenes II (NumChron 1990) consists solely of the post-Apamaiean bow-in-bowcase type with abbreviated city names. As none of the identified mints of the Pergamene kingdom under Eumenes begin with AN, it is likely that this countermark is not part of the post-Apamaiean issue. Nevertheless, both countermark types are attributes of Apollo, which may indicate some relation between the two. Without further study the issuing authority and purpose of this countermark remain unknown.