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LOT 2423
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Danubian - Alexander the Great Type - Imitative AR Drachm 200-100 B.C.
Imitating type of Philip II. Obv: celticized profile bust left of Herakles in lionskin headdress. Rev: Zeus seated left holding eagle and beaded sceptre. Good very fine.(3.13 grams, 19 mm.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old UK collection.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
Literature
Cf. DLT 9646 for type.
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LOT 2423
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Danubian - Alexander the Great Type - Imitative AR Drachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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