| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 423 Price realized: 700 CHF (Approx. 796 USD / 739 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| 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 |  |
