Tetradrachm Philippsreiter Type

Features

Issuer Burgenland Celts (Uncertain Central and Eastern European Celts)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 200 BC - 101 BC
Value Tetradrachm (1)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 12.89 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
191308
References Kostial# 740,
Michaela Kostial; 2003. Kelten im Osten : Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa : Sammlung Lanz (2nd edition). Verlag der Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, Munich, Germany.
Göbl OTA# Pl. 38 467/1,
Robert Göbl; 1973. Ostkeltischer Typenatlas. Klinkhardt und Biermann, Brunswick, Germany.
CCCBM 1# Pl. 24 S147
Derek Allen, John Kent (editor), Melinda Mays (editor); 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

Celticised, beardless and pearl-diademed head to right.

Reverse

Rider on horseback to left; IΛIΛ above, Λ before and below, crown in between front legs.

Lettering:
IΛIΛ
Λ

Comments

Examples of this type:

Example #1 (12.89g, 22mm, 9h; Good Very Fine) - In main image
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #740;
◦ 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 #130[obverse]);
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 190. Sold for 850 GBP.
◦ Auctioned by Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 40, 7 April 1988, lot 20.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (200 BC - 101 BC) 

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