Sphinx

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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Extremely Fine $3,500.

Seleucis and Pieria, Gabala, Trajan, 98-117 A.D.

AE 22, 8.71g. dated year 152=105/106 A.D. Laureate head of Trajan to right. Rev. Seated Astarte holding ears of corn and poppy in right hand and scepter in left hand; two sphinxes below. Weber 7979. RPC III, 3809var.

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about Extremely Fine $375.