126, Lot: 2. Estimate $200. Sold for $172. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CELTIC, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 11.34 g). Saddle-head type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Rider on horseback left, holding palm. Lanz 589; CCCBM I 28; Göbl,
OTA 296. Near VF, lightly toned.
From the Prof. T.R. Gurr Collection.
The earliest saddle-head horse type, and the predecessor to the extensive Oltenia type.