★ A beautifully toned tetradrachm ★

CELTIC, Lower Danube. Uncertain tribe. Circa 300-250 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 13.87 g, 10 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, Λ above torch; below foreleg, monogram. Cf. Le Rider pl. 47, 20 (for prototype). An attractive and beautifully toned example. A few light scratches on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.