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Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (reverse)
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Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (reverse)

262–241 BCE · silver

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The depictions of rulers found on this coin represents a realistic type of portraiture, similar to that found on coins in the West.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineTetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (reverse), 262–241 BCE. Anatolia, Kingdom of Pergamum (281–133 BCE), Eumenes I (263–241 BCE). Silver; diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.317.b
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