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Auction 15  22 Oct 2017
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Estimate: 650 CHF
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CELTIC COINS

Central Europe. Lower Danube. Early 3rd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 13.44 g, 1 h), early imitations of Philip II, copying an issue of Amphipolis. Laureate head of Zeus to right, with a luxuriant mustache. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠ - ΟV Nude jockey riding horse prancing to right; below horse's foreleg, dolphin. Cf. Flesche 640. A rare variant. Sharply struck on a broad, slightly convex flan with a fine dark purple patina. Extremely fine.

From the Molard Collection, Switzerland.
This type, with a dolphin on the reverse unaccompanied by any other symbol or letter, is quite uncommon. Zeus's rather flamboyant mustache shows his increasing Celticization.

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