{"product_id":"mysia-1st-2nd-centuries-bc-pergamum-region-ng","title":"Ancient Greek Bronze Coin from the Pergamum Region (Hellenistic Asia Minor)","description":"\u003ch4 bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":9,\"w\":458,\"h\":39,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":9}'\u003eOwn a Bronze Coin from the City of the Great Altar and the Library That Rivaled Alexandria\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":59,\"w\":458,\"h\":78,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":59}'\u003eA real Pergamon bronze — struck in one of the ancient world's most celebrated cities during the pivotal transition from independent Attalid kingdom to Roman provincial capital, where Hellenistic sophistication and Roman imperial power met in the eastern Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":153,\"w\":458,\"h\":19,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":153}'\u003e\u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":154,\"w\":49,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":154}'\u003e$63.62\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":189,\"w\":458,\"h\":58,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":189}'\u003e✓ \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":27,\"y\":190,\"w\":151,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":27,\"abs_y\":190}'\u003eGuaranteed Authentic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr bis_size='{\"x\":179,\"y\":190,\"w\":0,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":179,\"abs_y\":190}'\u003e✓ \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":27,\"y\":209,\"w\":210,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":27,\"abs_y\":209}'\u003eCarefully Sourced and Verified\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr bis_size='{\"x\":238,\"y\":209,\"w\":0,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":238,\"abs_y\":209}'\u003e✓ \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":27,\"y\":229,\"w\":109,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":27,\"abs_y\":229}'\u003e30-Day Returns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":264,\"w\":458,\"h\":117,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":264}'\u003e🏛 From \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":70,\"y\":265,\"w\":70,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":70,\"abs_y\":265}'\u003ePergamon\u003c\/strong\u003e — home of the Great Altar, the library that rivaled Alexandria, and one of the greatest cities of the Hellenistic world\u003cbr bis_size='{\"x\":427,\"y\":284,\"w\":0,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":427,\"abs_y\":284}'\u003e🌿 Reverse displays \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":145,\"y\":304,\"w\":281,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":145,\"abs_y\":304}'\u003eregional symbols of Mysia and Pergamon\u003c\/strong\u003e — civic identity maintained even as Roman authority expanded\u003cbr bis_size='{\"x\":398,\"y\":323,\"w\":0,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":398,\"abs_y\":323}'\u003e🤲 A bronze witness to the moment Hellenistic civilization became Roman province\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":397,\"w\":458,\"h\":19,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":397}'\u003e\u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":398,\"w\":177,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":398}'\u003eOwn This Piece of History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":433,\"w\":458,\"h\":19,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":433}'\u003eWhy This Coin Matters\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":463,\"w\":458,\"h\":176,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":463}'\u003ePergamon was not merely a prosperous city — it was one of the great intellectual and architectural centers of the ancient world. The \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":483,\"w\":441,\"h\":36,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":483}'\u003eGreat Altar of Pergamon\u003c\/strong\u003e, with its monumental frieze depicting the battle of gods and giants, was considered one of the wonders of the Hellenistic age and now stands reconstructed in Berlin's Pergamon Museum. The city's \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":50,\"y\":562,\"w\":45,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":50,\"abs_y\":562}'\u003elibrary\u003c\/strong\u003e was so vast and so celebrated that it was said to rival Alexandria itself — and when Alexandria restricted papyrus exports to limit Pergamon's growth, the city's scholars invented parchment as an alternative, naming it after the city: \u003cem bis_size='{\"x\":240,\"y\":621,\"w\":72,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":240,\"abs_y\":621}'\u003epergamena\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":655,\"w\":458,\"h\":156,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":655}'\u003eIn \u003cstrong bis_size='{\"x\":27,\"y\":656,\"w\":48,\"h\":17,\"abs_x\":27,\"abs_y\":656}'\u003e133 BC\u003c\/strong\u003e, the last Attalid king bequeathed this extraordinary city and its kingdom to Rome — the most consequential voluntary transfer of territory in the ancient world. Pergamon became the capital of the Roman province of Asia, the administrative center of Rome's richest eastern holdings. Through all of it, the city retained its Greek civic identity, its cultural institutions, and its local monetary traditions — cities like Pergamon were too important, too sophisticated, and too economically vital for Rome to simply overwrite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp bis_size='{\"x\":12,\"y\":828,\"w\":458,\"h\":156,\"abs_x\":12,\"abs_y\":828}'\u003eThis bronze circulated through that transitional era — everyday commerce in a city that was simultaneously one of the Hellenistic world's great cultural capitals and the seat of Roman provincial administration in Asia Minor. The obverse carries a portrait of a local ruler or deity reflecting Pergamon's dynastic and civic identity. The reverse displays regional Mysian symbols asserting local pride under shifting political authority. 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