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Tetradrachm Philip III Type

Features

Issuer Uncertain Eastern European Celts (Uncertain Central and Eastern European Celts)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 300 BC - 101 BC
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Drachm
Composition Srebro
Weight 15.81 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
191721
References Kostial# 920, 925
Michaela Kostial; 2003. Kelten im Osten: Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa : Sammlung Lanz (2nd Edition). Staatliche Münzsammlung München, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
, Göbl Kelt# 579/13
Klinkhardt & Biermann (publisher); 1973. Ostkeltischer Typenatlas. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany.
, CCCBM 1# 198
Derek Fortrose Allen, John P. C. Kent (ed.), Melinda R. Mays (ed.); 1987. Catalogue of the Celtic Coins in the British Museum with Supplementary Material from Other British Collections / Volume 1. Silver Coins of the East Celts and Balkan Peoples. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Zdegradowana celtycka głowa Heraklesa w prawo.Automatically translated

Reverse

(en) Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left; blundered legend to right, monogram to left, letter under throne.

Comments

(en) Examples of this type:

Example #1 (15.81g, 30mm, 12h; Good Very Fine):

© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #920;
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 227. Sold for 260 GBP.

Example #2 (14.54g, 27mm, 10h; Near Very Fine):

© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #924;
◦ 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 #161[obverse]).
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 228. Sold for 95 GBP.

Example #3 (13.56g, 27mm; Very Fine):

© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Michaela Kostial - "Kelten im Osten. Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel und Osteuropa, Sammlung Lanz", München, 1997, #925;
◦ 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 #161[reverse]).
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, lot 243. Sold for 45 GBP.

Example #4 (16.06g, 30mm, 9h; Very Fine):

© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Michaela Kostial - "Kelten im Osten. Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel und Osteuropa, Sammlung Lanz", München, 1997, #929;
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, lot 244. Sold for 140 GBP.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (300 BC - 101 BC) 

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