Ancient Coins: GREEK SILVER: Kings of Pergamon, Eumenes I, 263-241 B.C.

AR Tetradrachm, 17.16g. 30 mm.  Diademed head of Philetairos to right  Rv. Athena seated to left holding wreath and spear; bow in field to right; ivy leaf in field to left; A and small sphinx seated on throne.  Westermark Group II. SNG France 1605.   Toned and struck in high relief. 

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Coin Galleries, NY, MBS, April 15, 1992, lot 199.

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