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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Pergamene Kingdom| > SH11411
Pergamene Kingdom, Eumenes I, 263 - 241 B.C.
|Pergamene| |Kingdom|, |Pergamene| |Kingdom,| |Eumenes| |I,| |263| |-| |241| |B.C.|, Attalus, a capable general, champion of the Greeks, and loyal ally of Rome, made Pergamon a powerful kingdom. He earned the name "Soter" (savior) by defeating the Galatians, who had plundered and exacted tribute for more than a generation. In the Macedonian Wars he allied with Rome against Philip V of Macedon.
SH11411. Silver tetradrachm, Westermark group IV, SNG BnF 1610, SNG Cop 335; SNG Delepierre 2535, Waddington 970, SGCV II 7221, Choice gVF, fantastic portrait in high relief, Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey) mint, weight 17.023g, maximum diameter 29.3mm, die axis 0o, 241 - 197 B.C.; obverse Philetairos (founder of the Attalid dynasty) diademed head right; reverse Athena enthroned left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, crowning dynastic name with wreath in right hand, ΦIΛETAIPOY downward on left, spear leaning transverse on her far side, resting left arm on round shield leaning against throne, ivy leaf outer left, A inner left, bow right; SOLD











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