Ancients
DANUBE REGION. Uncertain tribe. Ca. 3rd century BC. AR tetradrachm (27mm, 12.20 gm, 3h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Imitating Patraus of Paeonia (335-315 BC). "Celticized" laureate head of Apollo left / Armored rider on horseback left, holding spear, trampling enemy below, who holds shield with Macedonian motif. Paeonian hoard 514. Lanz 1004-5 (same dies). CCCBM I 182 (same dies). Boldly struck from dies of appealingly crude style, lightly toned.
Ex Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 8.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1300 USD