CNG 85, Lot: 135. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Eastern Europe. Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon & Lysimachos of Thrace. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.83 g, 9h). Stylized head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet decorated with a serpent / Stylized Athena seated left, resting arm on shield. OTA 596; Lanz -; CCCBM -; KMW 1493-4. Good VF, toned. Rare.

Ex UBS 83 (8 September 2009), lot 22; Hauck & Aufhäuser 20 (16 October 2007), lot 18.

The obverse of this type is imitating the staters of Alexander III, while the reverse is imitating the coinage of Lysimachos.