Description
Pergamon, circa 269-263 BC. AR tetradrachm, 17.05 gr., 28 mm.
Obv: diademed head of Seleukos I to the right.
Rev: ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ; Athena, holding shield decorated with gorgoneion to left and cradling spear, seated to the left on throne with back in the form of a small sphinx seated to the right; above arm: ivy leaf, in right field: bow.
Ref: Wealth of the Ancient World 104 (this coin); Newell, “The Pergamene Mint under Philetaerus”, NNM 76, 14 and pl. 10, 1, same obverse die; BMC 28-29; cf. Kraay-Hirmer 736. Ex Sotheby’s New York (19 June 1990), lot 105.
Rare. Well centered on a broad flan. Excellent portrait. Extremely Fine.
Exhibited: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (1983); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1983); Detroit Institute of Arts (1984); Dallas Museum of Art (1984). From the Nelson Bunker Hunt collection.
