★ Ex Rauch 28, 1982 ★

Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Unfaithful legend type. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 3rd century BC. Celticised, laureate head of Zeus to right / Rider on horseback to right, holding palm branch. Cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 5, 22.5; Lanz 371 (this coin). 13.29g, 24mm, 3h.

Good Fine; test cuts.

From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997);
This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #67[reverse]);
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 28, 18 January 1982, lot 2.