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Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (reverse)

262–241 BCE
(263–241 BCE)
silver
Diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.317.b
Location: not on view
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Description

The depictions of rulers found on this coin represents a realistic type of portraiture, similar to that found on coins in the West.
Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (reverse)

Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (reverse)

262–241 BCE

Anatolia, Kingdom of Pergamum (281–133 BCE), Eumenes I (263–241 BCE)

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