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Pergamon (Pergamum) in Mysia
AE 20mm
c. 2nd century BC
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right
Rev: AΘHNAC NIKHΦOPOY
Trophy of captured arms
SNG Cop 396; BMC 172 ff

The ancient city of Pergamon is the modern Bergama in Turkey.

A lovely, well preserved example of the type.

Pergamon (Pergamum) in Mysia
AR Diobol
c. 330 – 284 BC
Obv: Head of Herakles right, clad in lion’s skin headdress
Rev: ΠEPΓA[M]
Cultus statue of Pallaas Athena standing facing brandishing spear and shield
SNG Cop 317 ff; BMC 9 ff; SNG Kayhan 64
A beautiful rendering of the youthful Herakles, wearing the scalp of the Nemean lion (one of his labours), on a tiny flan, 11mm in diameter

Vitellius, 69 AD
Denarius
Rome mint
Obv: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P
Laureate head right
Rev: PONT MAXIM
Vesta enthroned right, holding patera and sceptre
RIC 107

Elagabalus
Syro-Phoenician tetradrachm
Obv: AYT K M A ANTѠNEINOC CEB
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: ΔHMAPX EΞ YΠATOCTO B, ΔЄ in upper field
Eagle standing facing, head turned left, dotted wings, star below
Prieur 264
Beautifully detailed draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus

Severus Alexander
AE 28mm
Ninica Claudiopolis in Cilicia
Obv: IMP C M AV A SEVER ALEXANDER
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: IVL COL CLAVDIOPOLI
Marsyas standing left holding wine skin over shoulder
cf SNG Levante 613