Æ - Philetaerus

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.