Ivy

Kings of Pergamon, Eumenes I, 263-241 B.C.

AR Tetradrachm, 16.92g. 31 mm.  Diademed head of Philetairos to right  Rv. Athena seated to left holding wreath and spear; bow in field to right; ivy leaf and A in field to left.   Westermark V. LIII/R I. SNG France 1610.  This is the finest and most dramatic of the Philetairos portrait styles.   Toned, struck in very high relief, and with exceptional surfaces for this normally heavily marred type.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: EJW Ltd, List 72, 1997, no. 54

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Extremely Fine $5,000.

Cycladic Islands, Naxos

AE 11, 1.81g.  4th century B.C.  Head of Dionysos to left wearing ivy wreath with clump of berries at end.   Rev.  Kantharos, bunch of grapes above.  SNG COP 709.  Reddish-brown patina and fine style.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: CNG, Auction 50, June 23, 1999, lot 784.
Ex: CNG, Auction 91, Sept. 19, 2012, lot 213.

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about Extremely Fine/Very Fine $1,200.