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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     758324      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     PERGAMUM KINGDOM Issuer:     Philetaerus Date Ruled:     282-263 BC Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Tetradrachm Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC 282-263 Diameter:     29 mm Weight:     17.01 g Die Axis:     11 h Obverse Description:     Diademed head right Reverse Legend:     ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ / A Reverse Description:     Athena enthroned left, holding shield with right hand, spear in left arm, left elbow resting on sphinx; ivy leaf above knee, A to inner left, bow to outer right Primary Reference:     Westermark Group II (V.X/R.1) = Ward 620 (this coin Eumenes I) Reference2:     SNG France 1604 (Eumenes I) Reference3:     BMC Mysia 30 (Eumenes I) Reference4:     Meydancikkale 3002; SNG Cop -; SNG VA 1354; Hunterian pg. 277, 5 (same obverse die; Eumenes I) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=69613 Grade:     VF, attractively tonede.Ex John Ward Collection - Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's, Zurich, 4-5 April 1973), lot 525; Hyman Montagu Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 15 March 1897), lot 248 Notes:     Westermark attributed this issue to Eumenes I. However, a more recent analysis of hoard evidence has indicated that this coinage is actually struck during the lifetime of Philetairos, near the end of his reign, following the limited issue of tetradrachms bearing the portrait of Seleukos I (see A. Davesne & G. Le Rider, GÜlnar II. Le trÉsor de Meydancikkale [Paris, 1989], pp. 334-340).

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