Tetradrachm Alexander III Type
Features
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts (Uncertain Central and Eastern European Celts) |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 300 BC - 201 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 16.44 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number |
N# 191696
Numista type number (https://numista.com)
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| References |
Kostial# 880,
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# 570/1
Robert Göbl; 1973. Ostkeltischer Typenatlas. Klinkhardt und Biermann, Brunswick, Germany.
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Obverse
Stylised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Reverse
Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΛΛCEI+VI to right; stylised torch and V in left field, monogram under throne.
Lettering: ΛΛCEI+VI
Comments
Lukanc pl. 1, 4.
Examples of this type:
• Example #1 (16.44g, 26mm, 4h; Very Fine with test cut on obverse) - In main image:
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #880;
◦ 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 #152[reverse]);
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 217. Sold for 240 GBP.
◦ Auctioned by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 40, 25 May 1987, lot 33.
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