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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 6255971, member: 86498&quot;]Perhaps another area where we have a very interesting development in coinage occurred at Pergamon during the reign of Philetairos.&nbsp; The first coin produced by this die cutter or more likey by this school was this one [ATTACH=full]1247580[/ATTACH]Tetradrachm minted at Pergamon 287-282 BC. This coin features the head of the deified Alexander III. THIS IS NOT MY COIN One has to be very impressed with this portrait. First of all portraiture has to be a careful journey between Accuracy and flattery as the individual depicted has to be recognizable. What is particularly noticeable is the flamboyant treatment of this image. The eye is massive the hair long and flying in some disarray&nbsp;&nbsp; barely held in check by his diadem.&nbsp; Having produced one very impressive image we come to coin no 2 AGAIN NOT MY COIN[ATTACH=full]1247586[/ATTACH]Portrait of Seleukos I Nikator Pergamon&nbsp; 269-263 BC This has to be one of the most powerful portraits ever struck. Where the previous image captured something of the flamboyant magnetism of Alexander this one effectively captures the strength of Seleukos. This strength is magnified&nbsp; by the series of vertical lines created by the forehead to chin the eye and the first crease in the cheek and then the second line in the cheek. Unlike the hair in the image of Alexander in this one the hair is neat and orderly&nbsp; So finally we get to my coin Portrait of Philetairos Pergamon mint 269-263 BC. Westermark Obv III Rv 2 16.99 grms 29 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1247593[/ATTACH]This portrait is equally powerful but for different reasons.&nbsp; The most obvious features about this portrait are the flat featureless planes of the cheek and the neck divided by a very thin jaw line. The features of the face are more or less crowded into one small area thus creating an intensity that is actually quite shocking. This intensity is further magnified by the treatment of the hair which almost bristles. Whereas Alexander is flamboyant and Seleukos is tough Phil looks mean somebody you really do not want to mess with.</p><p>&nbsp; What is most noteworthy here is that this school created three very distinct extremely powerful images each capturing something of the essence of the individual they were trying to depict.</p><p>Please note I cover some of this in the May 2016 issue of the Planchet[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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