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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Pergamene Kingdom| > SH86750
Pergamene Kingdom, Attalos I Soter 241 - 197 B.C., In the Name of Philetairos
|Pergamene| |Kingdom|, |Pergamene| |Kingdom,| |Attalos| |I| |Soter| |241| |-| |197| |B.C.,| |In| |the| |Name| |of| |Philetairos|, 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.
SH86750. Silver tetradrachm, Westermark Group VI.B (V.CXXV/R.3); BMC Mysia p. 117, 41 (same dies); SNG BnF -, VF, excellent portrait, light toning, bumps and marks, Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey) mint, weight 16.288g, maximum diameter 32.1mm, die axis 0o, c. 235 - 210 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Philetairos (founder of the Attalid dynasty) right; reverse Athena enthroned left, with wreath in right hand, crowning dynastic name ΦIΛΕTAIPOY downward to left, left elbow resting on grounded shield to right; transverse spear on far side, palm frond outer left, ΔI inner left, bow right; ex Classical Numismatic Group, e-auction 411, lot 112; SOLD










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