88, Lot: 60. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAMPHYLIA, Side. Circa 200-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.49 gm). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; c/m: lyre flanked by A-N / Nike advancing left, holding wreath; pomegranate above DH (magistrate) in left field. For coin: SNG France 682; SNG von Aulock -. For c/m: cf. SNG France 702. Fine with a strong countermark. 

Ex Lakeview Collection.

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.