Lot 1
Celts. Danube Region, c. 2nd century BC. AR (Silver) Tetradrachm (12.03 g); Imitating Philip II of Macedon. "Reiterstumpf or Kroisbach" type. Celticized diademed and beardless head right, with "boxer's" nose. Reverse: Cantering horse left, torso and head of male rider at back, his hair bound with a diadem and tied into a topknot; below, a hobble forms a ground line. W. Kubischek, "Ein Fund keltischer Munzen aus Kroisbach," NZ 43 (1910), pl. 5, 2 (same dies); Lanz 743; KMW 1391; CCCBM I, 154; Göbl OTA, 469. Excellent strike on choice metal. Two small die breaks apparent on obverse. Lightly toned, with abundant luster. A compelling coin, with its bold and unusual image. NGC graded Uncirculated.
One of the opportunities of this auction offering of the Millennia Collection is that so many coins are illustrated in Ira and Larry Goldberg's award-winning reference, Money of the World: Coins That Made History, published in 2007 by Whitman Publishing, LLC. In this volume, a meaningful perspective is recounted through each coin's glory, with fabulous color enlargements artistically reproduced. Many of these pieces form the core of this collection. Indeed, coinage speaks.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 21.
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