Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVIII 29 Sep 2019
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. W-reiter Type. Mint in the southern Carpathian region, circa 3rd century BC. Celticised, laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right / Rider on horseback to left, right arm raised, holding reins with left hand; cloak billowing behind, W and Λ ornament above and behind. Cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 28, 332/5 var.; Lanz 672 (this coin). 13.25g, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997);
This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #110[obverse]);
Ex Kölner Münzkabinett, Auction 22, 7 November 1977, lot 9.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997);
This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #110[obverse]);
Ex Kölner Münzkabinett, Auction 22, 7 November 1977, lot 9.