Details
LOT 3051
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Sattelkopfpferd Type.
Celticized head to right / Heavily stylised rider on horseback to left. Preda, MGD pl. 46, 13 (rev. var.); cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 26, 300/7 var.; Lanz 625 (this coin). Very Fine. This coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997).(7.44gr, 22mm, 5h.).
Provenance
From the Hermann Lanz Collection.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 31.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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