Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 21

Price realized: 190 CHF   (Approx. 216 USD / 199 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LOWER DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. 3rd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 16.50 g, 12 h), imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon. Celticized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Celticized Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram; below throne, Ζ; to right and below, imitative legend. Dembski -. Flesche -. Lanz 906. OTA 581/3 var. (two monograms). Struck from somewhat worn dies and slightly rough, otherwise, very fine.

Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 22

Price realized: 280 CHF   (Approx. 318 USD / 294 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LOWER DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. 3rd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 16.43 g, 12 h), imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram; below throne, Ζ; to right and below, imitative legend. Dembski -. Flesche -. Lanz 906. OTA 581/3 var. (two monograms). Minor marks and with a large die break on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 23

Price realized: 140 CHF   (Approx. 159 USD / 147 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


LOWER DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. 3rd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 16.65 g, 1 h), imitating Alexander III of Macedon. Celticized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left and right, imitative legend. Dembski -. Flesche -. Lanz -. OTA 570. Numerous marks and small scratches, otherwise, about very fine.

Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 418

Price realized: 2,000 CHF   (Approx. 2,274 USD / 2,111 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


MIDDLE DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. 2nd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 22 mm, 10.13 g, 12 h), 'Helmschweifreiter' type. Celticized laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. Celticized horseman to right, wearing helmet with large crest. Dembski -, cf. 1108-9. Flesche -. Lanz -. OTA -. Preda -. SLM -. Apparently unpublished. A highly interesting piece with a very unusual head of Zeus. A few faint scratches and light doubling on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

Starting price: 250 CHF

Match 4:
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

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1163

Price realized: 650 CHF   (Approx. 738 USD / 682 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ARABIA, Eastern. Oman Peninsula. Mleiha or ad-Dur (?). Later coinage in the name of Abi'el, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. Drachm (Billon, 15 mm, 3.44 g, 1 h), imitating Alexander 'the Great' (336-323 BCE). Stylized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. 𐡀𐡁𐡀𐡋 ('b'l' in Aramaic) Male figure seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and a horse on his right arm; to left, palm stem; to left, below right arm, anchor-like symbol (of Mleiha?) placed sidewise. Arnold-Biucchi 26. CCK 134 = Haerink, Abiel, 82 = Senior, Trade, 11.1a = van Alfen 155j. Potts (Suppl.) 317 ff. Beautifully struck and unusually well preserved. Slightly rough, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

Starting price: 75 CHF