Watch List notes:

MIDDLE DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. 2nd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 21 mm, 12.51 g, 1 h), 'Kroisbach mit Reiterstumpf' type, mint in Burgenland or western Slovakia. Beardless male head with boxer's nose to right, wearing three-layered diadem. Rev. Rider on horseback left, showing only his torso, his hair bound with a diadem and tied into a topknot with three trailing curls; below, ground line ending in two torcs. Dembski 1390-1397. Flesche 525 (this coin). Lanz 744. OTA 469/6. SLM 1168-1171. A beautifully toned example of bold Celtic style. Faint old scratches, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of C. Flesche, Künker 366, 5 April 2022, 6546, ex Leu 79, 31 October 2000, 156 and Auctiones AG 25, 19-21 June 1995, 1488.