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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Pergamene Kingdom| > GB76479
Pergamon, Mysia, c. 200 - 133 B.C.
|Pergamene| |Kingdom|, |Pergamon,| |Mysia,| |c.| |200| |-| |133| |B.C.|,
The sanctuary and temple of Athena Polias Nikephoros (Athena of the City, Bringer of Victory) was one of the oldest and most important religious centers in Pergamon. It stood directly behind and above the theater on the acropolis and included the famous Library of Pergamon. The propylon of the sanctuary, in the photograph on the right, is now in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.Sanctuary
GB76479. Bronze AE 14, SNG Cop 381; SNG Tüb 2432; BMC Mysia p. 131, 183; SGCV II 3965; SNGvA -, VF/F, dark green patina, rough areas, Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey) mint, weight 1.940g, maximum diameter 14.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 200 - 133 B.C.; obverse draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; reverse AΘHNAΣ NIKHΦOPOY, small owl standing slightly right, head facing, Pergamon monogram below, all within an olive wreath; SOLD










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