Triton XVII, Lot: 434. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. Late 2nd-early 1st century BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.65 g, 6h). Variety of Reiterstumpf type. Mint in the Danube region. Lanz –; CCCBM I –; KMW –; CNG 72, 25 (same dies); Gorny & Mosch 141, 22 (same dies). Near EF, toned, flan flaw on horse.

This coin is from a newly discovered type clearly related to the Reiterstumpf/Kroisbach type by virtue of the close similarity of their reverse types, as well as the overall style and characteristics of their flans. The obverse type has a stylistic affinity with the left-facing male heads on the Apollokopf/Leierblume type, particularly in the details of the face and jaw line (cf. Göbl, OTA 396-398). Both the Reiterstumpf and Apollokopf types are attributed to the same general region and time frame, so a new type combining elements of both is not unexpected.