Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Banater Kreis / Lokaltyp. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 3rd century BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Rider on horseback to right, holding palm branch; Φ above, branch below horse. Göbl, OTA pl. 6, 42/2; Preda, MGD pl. 7, 1; Lanz 378 (this coin). 13.64g, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine; scrapes to obv.; attractive old cabinet tone. Rare.
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 #68[obverse]);
Ex Münzzentrum (Cologne), Auction 42, 10 November 1980, lot 49.
Price realized | 400 GBP |
Starting price | 400 GBP |
Estimate | 500 GBP |