Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 415

Price realized: 650 CHF   (Approx. 739 USD / 686 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


MIDDLE DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. 3rd-2nd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 12.58 g, 9 h), 'Puppenreiter mit Triskeles' type, imitating Philip II of Macedon. Celticized laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. Celticized horseman to right, raising his left hand; above, zig-zag pattern; below, triskeles; in field to right, V and Π. Dembski 1350. Flesche 564. Lanz 724. OTA 434/3. Darkly toned. Slightly rough and with a small scratch on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Starting price: 200 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 16

Price realized: 1,900 CHF   (Approx. 2,157 USD / 1,993 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


MIDDLE DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. 3rd-2nd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 22 mm, 13.52 g, 8 h), 'Puppenreiter mit Triskeles' type, imitating Philip II of Macedon. Celticized laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. Celticized horseman to right, raising his left hand; above, zig-zag pattern; below, triskeles; in field to right, V and Π. Dembski 1350. Flesche 564 (same obverse die). Lanz 724. OTA 434/3. Beautifully toned. Nearly extremely fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8 July 2023, 170 and previously from an old Swiss collection started in the 19th century.

Starting price: 500 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 422

Price realized: 380 CHF   (Approx. 432 USD / 401 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LOWER DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. Circa 3rd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 13.13 g, 12 h), imitating Philip II of Macedon. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛIΠ-V Young jockey, holding palm frond in his right hand and reins in his left, riding horse to right; in field to right, Λ and pellets; below horse, branch and ΛV. Dembski -. Flesche -. Lanz -. OTA 14. Preda -. Harshly cleaned and porous, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Mark Gibbons, Newcastle, ex Roma E-Auction 110, 3 August 2023, 9.

Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 424

Price realized: 130 CHF   (Approx. 148 USD / 137 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LOWER DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. Circa 2nd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 21 mm, 7.26 g, 9 h), 'Sattelkopfpferd' type, imitating Philip II of Macedon. Celticized male head to right. Rev. Celticized horse with heavily stylized rider prancing left. Dembski 1227 var. Lanz 650. OTA 300/14 var. Preda pl. XLIII, 14-5. Nicely toned. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of the renowned Swiss architect Max Vogt (1925-2019), formed since the 1980s.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 423

Price realized: 700 CHF   (Approx. 796 USD / 739 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LOWER DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. Circa 300-250 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 12.69 g, 2 h), imitating an issue of Philip II of Macedon from Amphipolis. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Young jockey, holding palm frond in his right hand and reins in his left, riding horse to right; below horse, Z; below horse's foreleg, dolphin right. Cf. Le Rider pl. 48, 4-5 (for prototype). Dembski -. Flesche -. Lanz -, cf. 354 (thunderbolt above Z). OTA 10/4 var. (no Z). A nicely toned piece of very attractive early Celtic style. Some faint scratches, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Lucien Birkler Collection, ex The New York Sale LI, 12 January 2021, 1 and Hess-Divo 333, 30 November 2017, 62.

Starting price: 150 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 25

Price realized: 3,200 CHF   (Approx. 3,632 USD / 3,357 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LOWER DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. Circa 2nd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 22 mm, 12.45 g, 12 h), 'Zweigarm' type, imitating Philip II of Macedon. Celticized head of Zeus to right. Rev. Celticized horseman to left, wearing crested helmet and holding branch in his left hand. Dembski 1209. Flesche 717 (this coin). Lanz 589. OTA 296. Beautifully toned and sharply struck, a wonderful piece. Extremely fine.


From the collection of C. Flesche, Künker 366, 5 April 2022, 6726, privately acquired between 1995 and 2010.

Starting price: 750 CHF