| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 233 Price realized: 3,375 USD (Approx. 3,091 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: KINGS of PERGAMON. Philetairos. 282-263 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 17.12 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Struck circa 269/8-263 BC. Diademed head right / ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, right hand resting on shield set at her feet, left elbow resting on small sphinx seated right; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf above knee, monogram on throne, bow to right. Westermark Group II, dies VI/2; SNG BN 1603–5 (Eumenes I); SNG von Aulock 1353–4; Ars Classica XV, lot 915 (same dies). Toned, with some iridescence. Good VF. From the Columbus Collection. Ex New York Sale IV (17 January 2002), lot 200; Münzen und Medaillen AG 88 (17 May 1999), lot 218. The eunuch Philetairos played a canny "game of thrones" in the years following the death of Alexander the Great. Entrusted with an immense treasure in the fortress city of Pergamon by Lysimachos of Thrace, Philetairos soon switched his allegiance to Lysimachos' rival Seleukos I in return for a promise of autonomy within his own realm. Seleukos defeated and killed Lysimachos at Kauropedion in 281 BC, but was assassinated himself soon thereafter. The Pergamene Kingdom officially broke from the Seleukid realm a few years later. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
