Alliance between Pergamum and Sardis

243, Lot: 247. Estimate $150. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamum. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (20mm, 6.00 g, 10h). Homonoia with Sardis. Kephalion, grammateus. Struck circa 1 BC-AD 1. Demos of Pergamum standing facing slightly right, being crowned by Demos of Sardis standing facing slightly left / Statue of Augustus standing facing, holding scepter, within distyle temple set on three-tiered base. Kampmann, Homonoia 122 (V66/R104) = Franke & Nollé Type I, 1504-6 (VE/R13); RPC 2362; SNG France 2022-2026; SNG von Aulock 7497 (same dies); BMC 166 (same dies). VF, attractive green patina.

Homonoia between cities proclaimed their commonality of interests, like that of "sister-cities" in the modern world, and was based on political, economic and religious connections. The cities of Asia Minor preserved this tradition under the Roman Empire, with an extensive interlinked system of such commonalities.