CELTIC, Lower Danube (?). Uncertain tribe. 3rd to 2nd centuries BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 12.62 g, 2 h), imitating Philip II of Macedon. Celticized laureate head of Zeus to right, the face in the form of a S-shaped volute with pellets. Rev. Celticized horseman to left, with a bird-like head and wearing crested helmet; below tail, pellet; before, circular countermark. Dembski -. Dessewffy -. Flesche -. Lanz -. OTA -. Preda -. SLM -. Extremely rare and perhaps unpublished. A very unusual and interesting piece. Minor marks and light scratches, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of Harald J., Lower Austria, formed since the 1990s.