CLASSICAL COINS
MYSIA
KINGDOM OF PERGAMUM
Tetradrachm. AR 17.01 g. Head of deified Philetaerus r., wearing diadem-entwined laurel wreath. Rev. FILETAIROU Athena, wearing chiton, mantle and crested helmet, seated l. on throne, holding spear against shoulder with her l. hand, large round shield decorated with Gorgoneion with her r. hand; in outer r. field, bow, below r. arm, ivy leaf, on throne, A Westermark, Ph. 57, V.XXV:B-R.2 (these dies). SNG von Aulock 1355 (these dies). Excellent portrait. High relief.
Good extremely fine Provenance: Auction Hess-Divo AG, Zurich 328 (2015), 56