Search in Feature Auction


CNG Bidding Platform

Information

Products and Services


Use Old Home Page

Feature Auction
CNG Feature Auction 118

Lot nuber 258

KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.99 g, 12h). In the name of Philetairos. Pergamon mint. Struck circa 255/0-241 BC.


CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 258.
 Estimated: $ 2 000

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 4 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

KINGS of PERGAMON. Eumenes I. 263-241 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.99 g, 12h). In the name of Philetairos. Pergamon mint. Struck circa 255/0-241 BC. Laureate head of Philetairos 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 III, dies XII/1, c (this coin, illustrated); SNG BN 1606–9; SNG von Aulock 1355. Lovely old collection tone, a few trace deposits. Good VF.

From the Father & Son Collection, purchased from Art Ancient, 2016. Ex Künker 262 (13 March 2015), lot 7165; Gerhart Hauptmann [Nobel Laureate] Collection (Auctiones 23, 17 June 1993), lot 116. Westermark knew of this coin from a cast in the Berlin Museum, which apparently was noted as being of a coin that had been in the stock of Rollin & Feuardent (1860-1911).


The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 118 lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 September 2021. CNG Feature Auction 118 – Session One – Greek Coinage Part 1 will be held Monday morning, 13 September 2021 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and the stable previous version of Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.