Tetradrachm Faithful Legend Type
Features
| Issuer |
Uncertain Eastern European Celts
(Uncertain Central and Eastern European Celts)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 400 BC - 201 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 13.05 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 195375 |
| References | Kostial# 354 Michaela Kostial; 2003. Kelten im Osten: Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa : Sammlung Lanz (2nd Edition). Staatliche Münzsammlung München, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Göbl Kelt# Pl. 4 type 10Klinkhardt & Biermann (publisher); 1973. Ostkeltischer Typenatlas. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. |
Obverse
Laureate head of Zeus to right.
Reverse
Rider on horseback to right, holding palm branch; ΦΙΛΙΠΠ-OΥ around, thunderbolt below horse, form (possibly dolphin?) between front legs.
Lettering: ΦΙΛΙΠΠ ΟΥ
Comments
This coin could also be a Greek original from the Amphipolis mint from the period 315/4 -295/4 BC.
Examples of this type:
• Example #1 (13.05g, 23mm, 2h, Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Michaela Kostial - "Kelten im Osten. Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel und Osteuropa, Sammlung Lanz", München, 1997, #354;
Examples of this type:
• Example #1 (13.05g, 23mm, 2h, Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Michaela Kostial - "Kelten im Osten. Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel und Osteuropa, Sammlung Lanz", München, 1997, #354;
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (400 BC - 201 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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