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Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (reverse)

262–241 BCE

Anatolia, Kingdom of Pergamum (281–133 BCE), Eumenes I

(263–241 BCE)
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silver
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Diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
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John L. Severance Fund 1999.317.b
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The depictions of rulers found on this coin represents a realistic type of portraiture, similar to that found on coins in the West.
A circular silver coin depicts the goddess Athena seated facing our left, wearing a crested helmet and draped robes. Her right hand rests atop a large shield embossed with a face. A spear leans against her shoulder as vertical Greek text reading "ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ" fills the space behind her. She sits on a square stool marked with an "A," dark gray tarnish accenting the recessed areas of the raised relief.

Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (reverse)

262–241 BCE

Anatolia, Kingdom of Pergamum (281–133 BCE), Eumenes I (263–241 BCE)

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