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LOT 2614
Celts in Lower Danube AR Drachm. Circa 2nd century BC. Imitating Alexander III of Macedon.
Celticized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [...]ΞΑΝΔ[...], Celticised Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing to right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram(?). Cf. OTA 575. Very Fine.(2.95gr, 15mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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