CELTIC COINS
Central Europe
Helvetii. Early 1st century BC. Cast unit (Potin, 18mm, 3.83 g 3), 'Zürcher' type. Thunderbolt. Rev. Mountain goat standing left, its head turned back to right. BMC G xxxiii, S 377. SLM 905 ff. Toned and with a very nice reverse. Very fine.
From a Swiss collection.qqqqqqThis is the first coin which can be ascribed to Zürich: a huge hoard of them, the so-called Potinklumpen, was found in Zurich in 1890 under the old stock exchange building at Bahnhofstrasse 3. The entire hoard is now in the Landesmuseum.