Roma Numismatics

Auction XVIII  –  29 September 2019

Roma Numismatics, Auction XVIII

The Lanz Collection II, The William Stancomb Collection, Celtic, Greek, Roman...

Su, 29.09.2019, from 11:00 AM CEST
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Description

Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. 'Siegesreiter' Prototype Issue. Imitating Philip II of Macedon (Amphipolis mint). Circa 315/4-295/4 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Rider on horseback to right, holding palm branch; ΦΙΛΙΠΠ-OΥ around, Λ and torch below horse, kantharos before. Le Rider pl. 47, 27 var.; Lanz 350 (this coin). 14.23g, 27mm, 1h.

Near Extremely Fine; attractive old cabinet tone.

From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997);
This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #63[obverse]).

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Price realized 440 GBP
Starting price 240 GBP
Estimate 300 GBP
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