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Æ - Philetaerus
| Issuer | Pergamon |
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| Year | 282 BC - 263 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ |
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| Mint | Pergamon |
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Philetaerus founded the Attalid dynasty not through conquest but through a calculated defection — originally treasurer of Lysimachus, one of Alexander's successors, he switched allegiance to Seleucus I around 282 BC and retained control of the Pergamon citadel along with its legendary treasury of 9,000 talents. These bronzes were struck during his reign as a semi-independent dynast, technically subordinate to Seleucid authority but in practice governing autonomously. He died without legitimate heirs, passing power to his nephew Eumenes I.