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KINGS of PERGAMON. Philetairos. 282-263 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.70 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Struck circa 269/8-263 BC. Diademed head right / Athena enthroned left, holding shield in right hand, left elbow resting on sphinx seated right; spear diagonally in background, ivy leaf to inner left, bow to outer right, monogram on throne. Westermark Group II, unlisted obv. die; SNG France 1603–5 (Eumenes I). VF, some roughness.
Westermark attributed his Group II coinage, with a diademed portrait of Philetairos, to Eumenes I. However, a more recent analysis of hoard evidence has indicated that this coinage was actually struck during the lifetime of Philetairos, near the end of his reign, following the limited issue of tetradrachms (Group I) bearing the portrait of Seleukos I (see A. Davesne & G. Le Rider, Gülnar II. Le trésor de Meydancikkale [Paris, 1989], pp. 334-340).
Westermark attributed his Group II coinage, with a diademed portrait of Philetairos, to Eumenes I. However, a more recent analysis of hoard evidence has indicated that this coinage was actually struck during the lifetime of Philetairos, near the end of his reign, following the limited issue of tetradrachms (Group I) bearing the portrait of Seleukos I (see A. Davesne & G. Le Rider, Gülnar II. Le trésor de Meydancikkale [Paris, 1989], pp. 334-340).