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| Issuer | Pergamon (Mysia) |
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| Year | 300 BC - 270 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG BN 1588; SNG Copenhagen 336 |
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| Reverse description | Two confronted bull heads facing one another at center, rendered in high relief with detailed fur and horns visible on both animals. Between and below the confronted heads, a thunderbolt symbol is depicted horizontally in the lower central field. The ethnic legend ΠΕΡΓΑ is inscribed in Greek characters along the lower exergual area, identifying the issuing city of Pergamon. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΕΡΓΑ |
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Pergamon in this period was still a minor administrative center under the control of Lysimachus, one of Alexander's successors, who used the city as a treasury depot. The autonomous civic bronze coinage emerging around this time reflects the city's gradual assertion of local identity even under Diadochi overlordship — a process that would accelerate sharply after Lysimachus fell at Corupedium in 281 BC. The SNG BN and Copenhagen references place this piece within a well-documented but relatively small corpus, consistent with limited regional circulation rather than large-scale issue.