Pergamon (BC 335-330) Stater

Mid-late 330s BC. AV Stater (8.60g, 17mm, 1h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Archaistic Palladion: statue of Pallas Athena standing facing, holding spear aloft in right hand, preparing to strike, on left arm, a shield adorned with a four-point star and fillet hanging below; to lower left, a crested Corinthian helmet right; all within concave circular incuse. Superb EF, fully lustrous.

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Filename:	94000462.jpg
City/Mint name:	Pergamon
Keywords:	hellenistic / gold
References:	CallataÃ¿, StatÃ¨res 2j (D2/R3 â€“ this coin); Von Fritze, Pergamon 7 = Saida 36 var. (rev. not incuse); SNG France 1557 = De Luynes 2493 = Saida 37; Gulbenkian 699 var. (same); Jameson 2580 var. (same); PCG pl. 28, 25 var. (same)
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 94 (9/2013), lot 462 ($65,000 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:	Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
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Date added:	Sep 06, 2015
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