Ancient Coinage of Danube


Celtic Coins of the The Danube Valley

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BMC 79Danube Celts, Thasian imitation, AR tetradrachm, 14.97 g, 29.32mm. 120-70 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, to left, right and beneath Herakles standing left, holding club and lion's skin, M in left field. Propokov Group I, BMC 79.TextImage
BMC 80Danube Celts, AR tetradrachm imitation of the types of Thasos, Prokopov Group I. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, to left, right and beneath Herakles standing left, holding club and lion's skin, MH monogram in left field. BMC 80.TextImage
BMC 207Danube Basin AR Drachm imitiation of type of Philip III. Head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Zeus seated left holding eagle. TextImage
BMC S234Thraco-Getae AR Tetradrachm. 1st century BC. Imitating types of Thasos. Head of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy leaves & berries / Schematized human figure standing facing, lower arms stylized as rows of pellets, legend also rendered as two concentric arcs of pellets. TextImage
Castelin 1123Celts, Danube, Boii. 1st c. BC. AV Stater. 6.93 g. Convex surface with traces of ornament on the outside edge / "Shell" with fine rays emanating from a central point. Castelin 1123; Paulsen 320-322.TextImage
CCCBM 4Danube Region. Imitating Philip II. Circa 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth on horseback right, crowning horse with palm; bucranium below. TextImage
CCCBM 12Danube Region. Imitation of Philip II. Ca 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth on horseback right. TextImage
CCCBM 76Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Lazy 8 type. Laureate head of Zeus right; S ornament in hair / Rider on horseback left, holding feather; dog to left, dot below. Lanz 432; CCCBM I 76; KMW 1095 (same obverse die). TextImage
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CCCBM 154Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.01 gm, 1h). Reiterstumpf or Kroisbach type. Diademed head right / Rider on horseback left, showing only his torso; groundline in the form of a hobble. Lanz 743; CCCBM I 154; KMW 1391. TextImage
CCCBM_195Celtic, Danube Region. c2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm imitating Alexander III. Stylized head of Herakles, wearing lion skin (reduced to bulge) / Zeus enthroned left, holding sceptre and eagle; double ax monogram before, I beneath throne. TextImage
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CCCBM 208Celtic, Danube Region. c2nd-1st Century BC. AR Drachm imitating Philip III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, in lion-skin / Zeus seated left, holding eagle & sceptre. Göbl 591/2. TextImage
CCCBM 218ffCeltic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. ca 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, nude Herakles standing left with club & lion skin; M to left. TextImage
CCCBM 219Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. ca 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, nude Herakles standing left with club & lionskin. TextImage
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CCCBM 228Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / Nude Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club & lionskin. TextImage
CCCBM III 235 cfCeltic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 16.16 g. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, resembling a radiate crown, style highly degraded / Legend degraded to dots, minimalistic image of a stickman representing Herakles. Cf. CCCBM III 235; cf. Kostial 983; Göbl, OTA Class V.TextImage
CCCBM 881Danube Region. Imitating Alexander III. 3rd-2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle & sceptre; monogram before and under throne. TextImage
DLT 9640Danubian Celts. 3rd-1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm imitating an issue of Philip III. Faint head of Herakles / Zeus seated left. TextImage
DLT 9670Danube Celts, AR tetradrachm Thasian imitation. 35mm, 15.71 g. Crude head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, two locks of hair falling below / Garbled legends, Herakles standing left resembling an eagle with punky hair. Prokopov Group 2, DeLaTour 9670.TextImage
DLT 9736CELTIC, Danube Region. Derived from Audoleon. 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Rider on horseback right, left arm raised; triskeles below, P under raised foreleg. Kostial 725. TextImage
DLT 9817Celtic, Danube Region. Obverse imitating Lysimachos. Circa 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Branch-arm Rider Type. Laureate head of Zeus right, with horn of Ammon / Rider on horseback left. TextImage
DLT 9870Celtic, Danube Region, AR Tetradrachm Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 2nd Century BC. Zeus head right / Celticized horse left, rider holding branch. CCCBM I 28, Göbl 297. TextImage
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DLT 9883Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 2nd Century BC. Billon Tetradrachm. Oltenia Type. Crude head -- 'simplified' type / Horse left. CCCBM I 39ff, Kostial 609ff. TextImage
Forrer 2Danubian Celts AV Stater, Northern Slovakia, second to first century BC. Oval buckle with leg-like protrusion / Near-symmetrical pattern of curving lines & pellets. TextImage
Forrer 347cfCeltics, Danube. AR. Late Dacian-Siebenbürgen type. 27.71mm, 12.27 g. Celticized laureate head of Zeus right / Celticized horse left. Similar to Forrer 347.TextImage
Gobl 10-3Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / FILIP-POU, rider on horseback right, holding palm; below, L above torch; star below raised foreleg. TextImage
Gobl 42Celtic, Danubian Regions, Banat Type. Circa 3rd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right; "coffee bean" above, branch below. CCCBM I S24, Kostial 378. TextImage
Gobl 111Danubian Celts, Moldavian Cross-Marked Series, AR drachm. 2nd-1st century BC. Laureate head of Zeus left, Celticized / Rider on horseback left, X behind rider, branch under horses belly. TextImage
Gobl 129Danubian Celts, Northern Transylvania. Third to second century BC. Silver tetradrachm, Branch-Rider Type. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Crested horseman, holding branch or sceptre, on mount prancing left, Celticized animal in left field, stylized plant on ground line. BMC 65-71 & S79. TextImage
Gobl 131Danubian Celts, Branch-Rider Series, without Branch. Ca. third-second century BC. AR drachm (3.35 gm). Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Celticized horseman with crest riding left. TextImage
Gobl 163cfDanubian Celts AR Tetradrachm. Serbia, third to second century BC. Pincer-Laurel Type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman on mount prancing left, bird left behind rider. BMC Celtic 104. Pink 175. TextImage
Goebl 193Celts, Danube, Sirmia. AR tetradrachm, imitating Philipp II of Macedonia, 2nd C. BC. 11.00 gr, 22.00mm. Stylized head of Zeus right / Horse standing left, dot below.TextImage
Gobl 195ffCeltic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate Head of Zeus right / Horse walking left. TextImage
Gobl 233•1THE JANUS HEAD TYPE. AR tetradrachm (13.72 gm). Doppelkopf type. Janiform head / Crested rider on horse prancing right, dotted rosette before. BMC Celtic 111. Göbl OTA 233/1. Kostial 541. TextImage
Gobl 254Celtic, Danube Region. Transylvanian Plains. Late 2nd-early 1st Century BC. Base AR Tetradrachm. Abstract Celticized head of Herakles right / Celticized horse with vestigal rider. TextImage
Gobl 269Celtic, Danube Region. Transylvanian Plains. Circa 2nd Century BC. AE Tetradrachm. Head of Zeus right / Rider on horseback right; sun above. CCCBM I, 62. TextImage
Gobl 284Danubian Celts, Burgenland. Late third to mid-second century BC. Silver tetradrachm. Lysimachus head type. Male head left with horn & flowing hair, foliate ornament before / Horseman with long crest on mount prancing left. Kostial 582, BMC 151. TextImage
Gobl 291Celtic, Danube Region. Obverse imitating Lysimachos. Circa 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Branch-arm Rider Type. Laureate head of Zeus right, with horn of Ammon / Rider on horseback left, extended right arm branch-like; wheel & two pellets before. CCCBM I, 24; Kostial 585; De la Tour 9817. TextImage
Gobl 321Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. ca 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Dreieckhals (triangle-neck) type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Rider on horseback left. TextImage
Gobl 415Eastern Celts, Northern Hungary, AR Tetradrachm. Late 3rd–2nd c. BC. Dreizack und Triskeles type. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized laureate head of Zeus right / Celticized warrior (helmeted head & torso only) on horseback right, stylized bird flying right behind, fragments of legend in right field, triskeles under horse’s raised foreleg. BMC 118-119. TextImage
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Gobl 434Danubian Celts, Northern Hungary. Third to second century BC. Silver tetradrachm. Type with Triskeles. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Horseman right, triskeles below. BMC Celtic 120-123 & S120-S124. TextImage
Gobl 436Eastern Celts, Central & southern Hungary, AR Tetradrachm. First century BC. Zopfreiter type. Laureate head of Zeus left, Celticized / Celticized horseman left with three horns sprouting from head, triskeles under horse, L sideways above raised foreleg, D below. BMC 131, Kostial 730. TextImage
Gobl 469Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedonia. Ca 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (12.03 gm. Reiterstumpf or Kroisbach type. Diademed, beardless head right, with "boxer's" nose / Rider on horseback left, showing only his torso, hair bound with diadem and tied into a topknot; groundline in the form of a hobble. CCCBM I 154; Goebl 469.TextImage
Gobl 500ffCeltic, Hungarian Plains. Circa 2nd Century BC. Billon Drachm (2.45 gm). Tolna or Kapostal type. Stylized head of Zeus right / Horseman left. CCCBM I 91ff; Göbl 500ff. TextImage
Gobl 568Danube Region. Imitating Alexander III. 3rd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress / Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre; W before. TextImage
Gobl 579Danube Celts AR tetradrachm imitating types of Alexander the Great and Philip III, c. 2nd century BC, Head of Hercules right, in lion skin / Zeus enthroned left. TextImage
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Gobl 595Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Alexander III. Circa second to first centuries BC. AR Drachm. Head of Herakles right, in lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle & sceptre. CCCBM I 212. TextImage
Gobl 597Eastern Celts imitation of Macedonian tetradrachm. Head of Herakles in lion skin headdress, r. / Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. TextImage
Gobl C2Danubian Celts, 1st Century BC AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right wreathed in ivy / Nude Herakles standing left holding club and lions skin. TextImage
Gobl cl1Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / HRLMEOVS SWTHROS[Q]ASIWN, Nude Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club and lion's skin; M in left field. TextImage
Gobl cl2Danubian Celts, 1st Century BC AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right wreathed in ivy / Herakles, naked, standing left holding club and lions skin. TextImage
Gobl Class IICeltic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / Nude Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club & lion's skin; blundered legends, N in left field. TextImage
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Gobl Class IIICeltic, Danube Valley, c. 100 BC, AR tetradrachm, imitating types of Thasos, (15.47g) Head of Dionysos right. / Hercules standing, hand resting on club holding lion skin. TextImage
Gobl Class IIIADanube Region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / Nude Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club and lion’s skin; legend degraded, Qs in legend. TextImage
Gobl Class IVDanube Region. Imitating Thasos. c1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / Nude Herakles standing left, holding club; infant Herakles standing beside him, holding club. TextImage
Goebl IV 8Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 16.37 g. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Legend as dots, Herakles stick figure, standing facing, head right, holding club and lionskin. CCCBM I -; Göbl, OTA Class IV, 8.TextImage
Goebl IV
Leu 79, 188
Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 34.5mm, 15.68 g. Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath, style completely degraded, locks of hair resembling short legs / Legend degraded to LSIIVL LISIIS, greatly degraded image of Herakles (resembling a parrot or eagle!), head left, wing-like arms, club beside leg. Göbl, OTA Class IV. cf Lukanc 1347. Bank Leu, 79, 188.TextImage
Gobl Class VCeltic Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / Nude Herakles standing facing, head right, holding club & lion's skin; legend degraded to dots. TextImage
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Goebl V
Antan 6, 56
Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 31mm, 16.86 g. Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath, style degraded / Legend degraded to dots, minimalistic stickman image of Herakles, square shoulders, two fingers on each hand, holding club in each hand. Göbl, OTA Class V. Antan 6, 56.TextImage
Goebl V
CNG 80, 2
Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 28mm, 16.35 g. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, style highly degraded / Legend degraded to dots, minimalistic image of a stickman representing Herakles, three fingers on each hand. Göbl, OTA Class V. CNG 80, 2.TextImage
Goebl V
CNG 80, 3
Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 34mm, 15.25 g. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, style highly degraded / Legend degraded to dots, Herakles with bulky shoulders and thighs, standing, holding club and lionskin. Göbl, OTA Class V. CNG 80, 3.TextImage
Goebl V
CNG 96, 610
Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 27mm, 15.81 g. Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath, style completely degraded / Legend degraded to lines, skeletal image of Herakles, square shoulders, arms outstretched with lines downwards from each, the left ending in three-pronged fork, the right ending in a dot, four dots between body and arm representing a lionskin. Göbl, OTA Class V. Lukanc 1831 var (slightly different rev. features). CNG 96, 610.TextImage
Goebl V
G&N 8, 14
Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 16.7 g. Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath, style degraded / Legend degraded to dots, minimalistic stickman image of Herakles, with two antenna-like lines on head, square shoulders, holding club in each hand. Göbl, OTA Class V. Cf. Lanz 989-995. Gitbud & Naumann 8, 14.TextImage
Goebl V
TLA 46608
Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 32.44mm, 16.02 g. Head of Dionysos left, the ivy wreath resembling a radiate crown / Legend degraded to dots, Herakles, naked, standing facing as a stick figure with sun-like head, square shoulders and two fingers on each hand representing him standing left, holding club and lion skin. Gobl Class V; Similar to Propokov "The Imitations Of Late Thasian Tetradrachms" Pl. V, 22; cf CCCBM I 236 (obverse); Timeline Auctions 46608.TextImage
Goebl V
Tkalec 7
Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 15.31 g. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, style slightly degraded / Legend degraded to dots, minimalistic stickman image of Herakles, dots around head, arms and legs outstretched. Göbl, OTA Class V. Tkalec 7.TextImage
Goebl V
Triton V 1008
Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm, Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 16.01 g. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, style highly degraded / Legend degraded to dots, minimalistic image of a stickman representing Herakles, three fingers on one hand, two on the other, lionskin resembling an upright shield, small club to left. Göbl, OTA Class V. Triton V, 1008TextImage
LeRider 19 ImitCELTIC, Danube Region. Derived from Philip II. Circa Late 4th - Early 3rd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, rider on horseback right holding palm; dolphin below, P dot under raised foreleg. TextImage
KIO 898Danubian Celts. c. 200 BC-. Silver Tetradrachma, 26mm (16.85 gm). Head of Herakles right, lionskin headdress. / Zeus seated left. TextImage
Kostial 378cfDanube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Rider on horseback right, holding a branch; branch below. TextImage
Kostial 508Danube Celts, Sirmium, AR drachm, 200-100 BC. 1.86 g. Laureate head right / Free horse left, dot in circle above. Kostial 508, Goebl pl.17, 204.TextImage
Kostial 610Danube Celts, AR tetradrachm Alexander III imitation. 29mm, 13.04 g. Head of Herakles right, in lionskin headdress / Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre, angular wheel in left field. Kostial 610; Forrer 334.TextImage
Kostial 884cfDanubian Celts or Balkan Tribe AR Tetradrachm. Third century BC?. Imitating types of Alexander III. Head of young Herakles right in lion skin headdress / Zeus enthroned right, holding eagle & sceptre, E in right field, H under throne, blundered legend in left field. TextImage
Kostial 896Celts, Danube. AR drachm, imitating coinage of Alexander III. Stylized head of Herakles right, with lionskin headdress / Greatly stylized Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, kantharus in left field. Kostial 896.TextImage
Kostial 1350Celtic coinage, Danube region, AR tetradrachm, imitating Audeoleon, 13.13 g. ca 2nd cent. BC. Laureate head of Zeus right. / Celticized horseman right, upper body only shown, maeander pattern above, rounded triskeles below. Kostial 1350 (same die); Pink 434.TextImage
Lanz 897Danube Celts, AR drachm Alexander III imitation. 2nd-1st Century BC, 19mm, 2.68 g. Stylized head of Herakles right, in lionskin headdress / Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre, amphora in left field. Lanz 897.TextImage
Lanz 983 ffCeltic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 16.78 g. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, style degraded / Legend degraded to dots, minimalistic stickman image of Herakles, square shoulders, arms outstretched with dotted lines extending downward from each. Göbl, OTA Class V. Lanz 983ff.TextImage
Lanz 992Celtic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 31mm, 16.45 g. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, style highly degraded / Legend degraded to dots, minimalistic stickman image of Herakles, square shoulders, three fingers on each hand. Göbl, OTA Class V. Lanz 992-993; CCCBM I S222.TextImage
Ledi NY 1Boii, Danube Celts, gold eighth-stater. Diademed, male head right, illegible legend behind head. BASLOV-ARSA.. to right and left of Herakles standing left, resting on double club, left hand on hip. Provenance is the Danube.TextImage
Ledi NY 2Boii, Danube Celts, gold eighth-stater. Stylized head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / Animal standing left?, four pellets below, one above. Provenance is the Danube.TextImage
Leu 2, 52Celtic coinage, Danube region, Uncertain tribe, Kroisbacher type. AR obol, 10 mm, 0.93 g. ca 2nd cent. BC. Laureate, male head left. / Pegasus trotting left, lines of the wing curled upwards. Unpublished. Leu 2, lot 52.TextImage
FAKEFake Boii, Danube Celts, AV Porcupine Sceat. Porcupine-like device / Standard within diamond shape. A common fake which has been sold online as a genuine Boii stater since ca. 2012.TextImage
Lukanc S32 cfCeltic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 15.65 g. Head of young Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath, resembling a radiate crown, style highly degraded / Legend degraded to dots, very minimalistic image of a stickman representing Herakles, with arms reaching to ground. Small crescent in left and right fields. Cf. Lukanc S32=CCCBM I 236 (for obverse); Göbl, OTA Class V.TextImage
Lukanc 988Celtic, Danubian region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.89 gm). Wreath head of Dionysos right / Herakles standing left, leaning on club and holding lion's skin. TextImage
Lukanc 1352Celtic, Danube Valley, c. 100 BC, AR tetradrachm, imitating types of Thasos, (15.69g) Head of Dionysos right. / Hercules standing, hand resting on club holding lion skin. TextImage
Lukanc 1391 cfCeltic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 15.69 g. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, style highly degraded / Legend garbled resembling III=I=C=I=I=I=, Herakles, with floral design as head, standing facing, holding club and lionskin. Göbl, OTA Class IV; Similar to Lukanc 1391.TextImage
Lukanc 1691 cfCeltic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 16.44 g. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, style highly degraded / Legend as dots, Herakles stick figure, standing facing, head right, holding club and lionskin. Göbl, OTA Class V; Similar to CCCBM I S230 and Lukanc 1691.TextImage
Lukanc 1888Carpathian Celts. Uncertain tribe. AR Tetradrachm imitating Thasos. 30.78 mm, 16.38 g. Ca. 50-10 BC. Greatly Celticized head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, ivy leaves represented by dots, hair strands resembling four legs beneath a dragon-like head / Legend degraded to dots, Herakles, degraded to a club-like shape, naked, standing left, holding club and lionskin. Four patterns of a dot in circle surrounded by a circle of dots at upper and lower left and right. Prokopov Group 3; Lukanc 1888; SNG Berry 527.TextImage
Lukanc 1910 cfCeltic Danube Region. AR Tetradrachm Imitating Thasos. ca 1st C. BC. 30mm, 14.87 g. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, style highly degraded / Legend garbled resembling III=I=C=I=I=I=, Herakles, with bucranium-like head, standing facing, holding club and lionskin. Dot in dotted circle (resembling a Q) in each corner. Cf. Lukanc 1910; Göbl, OTA Class III/A.TextImage
Pink 77-78Celtics, Danube. AR "Sattelkopf" ("saddle head") type imitating Philip II. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horse trotting left. Pink 1939:77-78, Kostial 111-117.TextImage
Pink 580Balkan Tribes, Thraco-Getae AR Tetradrachm. 3rd century BC? Head of Herakles right in lionskin / FILIPPOY, Zeus seated left holding eagle & sceptre, monograms to left, X below throne. Cf. BMC Celtic 185–190. TextImage
Preda 3Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 4th-3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Rider on horseback right, holding palm; dolphin below, P• below raised foreleg. TextImage
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Alex III AE ImitDanubian Celts. AE17. Head of Herakles left wearing lionskin / Club above bow in case, star above, blundered legend between. TextImage
Alex III ImitCeltic, Danube Valley, AR drachm, (2.99g) Crude head of Herakles right. / IAZAA Crude Zeus seated left, holding eagle on arm, monogram before. TextImage
Alex III drachmCeltic, Upper Danube Valley, c. 2nd century BC, AR drachm, (2.45g) imitative of types of Alexander III, Crude head right / Crude Zeus seated left. TextImage
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Alex III drachmCeltic, Upper Danube Valley, c2nd century BC, AR drachm imitative of types of Alexander III, Crude head right / Crude Zeus seated left. TextImage
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Calpurnia 11 imitCeltic, Lower Danube Region. 1st century BC. Silver Serrate Denarius. Imitating Roman Republican Moneyer L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. Laureate head of Apollo right, monogram behind / Horseman galloping right, rising right hand. TextImage
Faustina ImitFaustina Junior, AR barbaric denarius, (3.10g) Danube River basin, IIVLIIVA AVG ANTONIIII AVGIIIIII Draped bust right, hair in a bun behind. / COS... COS III, Female deity seated left, holding flower and resting arm on cornucopia. TextImage
Julia 1 imitCeltic, Lower Danube Region. 1st century BC. Silver Serrate Denarius. Imitating Roman Republican Types. Helmeted head of Roma right / The Dioscuri riding right, L VIVVI in ex. TextImage
Julia 2 imitCeltic, Lower Danube Region. 1st century BC. Silver Denarius Imitating Roman Republican Types. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value behind / Victory driving galloping biga left, holding wreath. TextImage
Julia 5 imitCeltic, Lower Danube Region. 1st century BC. Silver Denarius. Imitating Roman Republican moneyer L. Julius Bursio. Laureate, winged, and draped bust of Apollo Vejovis right; trident and monogram behind / Victory in quadriga right, holding wreath and reins, L IVLI BVRSIO in ex. TextImage
Mallia 2 imitCeltic, Lower Danube Region. 1st century BC. Silver Serrate Denarius imitating Roman Republican Types. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value behind / Victory in triga right, CIAQT in ex. TextImage
Philip II imitCeltic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 4th-3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.38 gm, 3h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Rider on horseback left, holding palm; star below, P below raised foreleg. TextImage
Philip II imit 1Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.41 gm, 9h). Laureate head of Zeus left / Rider on horseback left, holding palm; star below. TextImage
Philip II imitCeltic, Danube Region. Imitating Philip II of Macedon. Circa 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus left / Rider on horseback left; X on horse's rump. TextImage
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Price 1062 imitDabube Celts, AR tetradrachm, Imitating coinage of Alexander III. 2nd Century BC. 16.41 g. Head of Herakles right, with lionskin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, Corinthian helmet right over ΔA in left field, ΠOΡ monogram beneath the throne. Imitating Price 1062; Müller 466 using an original reverse die. (Compare the obverse with an original coin: Original)TextImage
Price 1494 imitDabube Celts, AR tetradrachm, Imitating coinage of Alexander III. 2nd Century BC. 28.87mm, 15.16 g. Head of Herakles right, with lionskin headdress / Partial, garbled legend, greatly stylized Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, MA monogram in left field. Imitating Price 1494 (Pergamum mint).TextImage
Propokov Group III, 1Danube Celts, Thasian imitation, AR tetradrachm, 50-10 BC. 32.54mm. 16.70 g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / legends as dots to left and right, Herakles standing left, holding club and lion's skin, M in left field. Propokov Group III, imitating BMC 72 and Sear 1759.TextImage
Puppet riderPannonian Celts, "Puppet rider" tetradrachm, early 3rd c. BC. Laureate head of Zeus right, his eye represented by an arrowhead / Celtic inscription above puppet-like horseman right, left arm raised, triskeles beneath the horse, Pi under horse's front hooves.TextImage
RIC 207 ImitAugustus, AR imitative denarius. Danube Celts, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRAE Laureate head right. / AVGVSTI F COS] DESIG PRINC IVVENT Caius and Lucius Caesars standing, C L CAESARES in exergue. TextImage
Ring moneyDanubian Celts, Gold Celtic Ring Money. TextImage
Thasos imitDanube Celts, AR tetradrachm imitation of the types of Thasos, Very crude head of Dionysos right / Herakles standing left, garbled legends. (legible legends: Prokopov Group 1; barbarized legends: Prokopov Group 2; dots as legends: Prokopov Group 3). TextImage
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Tkalec Apr 2007, 5Celtic coinage, Danube region, Kroisbacher type. Silver obol, 0.92 g. ca 2nd cent. BC. Laureate, male head left. / Pegasus trotting left, lines of the wing sloping downwards. Unpublished. Tkalec April 2007, lot 5.TextImage
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