Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3128 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $250
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SOLD $300
CELTIC, Danube Region, reduced weight issue in Oltenia and Bucuresti areas, imitation of Philip II tetradrachm, (late 3rd - 2nd century B.C.), silver tetradrachm (sic), (6.348 grams), obv. crude simplified head of Zeus to right, rev. horse to left with no remnants of rider, (cf.S.211-2, CCCBM Vol.I, type C2 group d [Saddle-head with Zeus head simplified], cf.Gobl 300.2-9, Sammlung Lanz 609-650 (similar dies). Very fine and rare.
Although of low weight for a tetradrachm, they are often described as didrachms (p.26 CCCCBM).
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