Watch List notes:

EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.50 g, 8h). Mit unvollständiger Legend type. Struck in the central and lower Carpathian region. Laureate head of Zeus left / Nude youth on horseback left, holding rein in right hand, palm frond in left; ΠΠΛIΛΦ above, Θ to left, kerykeion below raised foreleg, Λ above torch below. Cf. OTA 14 (for type); cf. Flesche 644 (same obv. die); Lanz –; de la Tour –; CCCBM I –; KMW –; Zürich –. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Extremely rare.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 123.