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EUMENES I SILVER TETRADRACHM – PHILETAIROS ISSUE EX HIRSCH 1912, PUBLISHED AND PLATED IN WESTERMARK – XF GREEK PERGAMENE KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 20223)

$4,500.00

20223. PERGAMENE KINGDOM. EUMENES I, ca. 263–241 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 16.77 g, 31 mm. Issue of Westermark Group IVB, ca. 255/50–241 BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Philetairos right. Rev. ΦΙΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, crowning royal name, shield behind throne, grape cluster in outer left field, AΘ monogram in left field, bow in right field.
SNG France 1616; SNG von Aulock 1358.
Westermark, Das Bildnis des Philetairos von Pergamon, Group IV:B, V.LXIV–R4a (this coin listed and illustrated).
Ex Jacob Hirsch XXXII, 11/14/1912, lot 529.
XF, dark gray cabinet patina with blue iridescent highlights, a coin with over a century of history and a plate coin in Westermark’s seminal work.

 

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