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Celtic Coins of the The Danube Valley

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4dr_imit_ThasosDanube Celts, AR tetradrachm imitation of the types of Thasos, Crude head of Dionysos right / Hercules standing. TextObvRev
AV_ringDanubian Celts, Gold Celtic Ring Money. TextImage
BMC 207Danube Basin AR Drachm imitiation of type of Philip III. Head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress / FILIPPOU, 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
CCCBM_004Danube 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_012Danube Region. Imitation of Philip II. Circa 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth on horseback right. TextImage
CCCBM_076Celtic, 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, • 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 & scepter. Göbl 591/2. TextImage
CCCBM_218ffCeltic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. ca 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / HRAKLEOUS SWTHROS QASIWN, nude Herakles standing left with club & lion skin; M to left. TextImage
CCCBM_219Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. ca 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / HRAKLEOUS SWTHROS QASIWN, nude Herakles standing left with club & lionskin. TextImage
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CCCBM_228Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Nude Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club & lionskin. 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_9640THE DANUBIAN CELTS . 3rd-1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm in imitation of an issue of Philip III. Faint head of Herakles / Zeus enthroned, left. TextObvRev
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
Gobl_010-3Celtic, 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_042Celtic, 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 scepter, 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. Ć 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 third–second century 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. TextObvRev
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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. TextObvRev
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. TextObvRev
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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 & scepter. 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_Class_IICeltic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / 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. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Nude Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club and lion’s skin; legend degraded, Q’s in legend. TextImage
Gobl_Class_IVDanube Region. Imitating Thasos. c1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Nude Herakles standing left, holding club; infant Herakles standing beside him, holding club. TextImage
Gobl_Class_VCELTIC, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Nude Herakles standing facing, head right, holding club & lion's skin; legend degraded to dots. TextImage
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Gobl_cl1Celtic, Danube Region. Imitating Thasos. Circa 1st Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / 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 / Nude Herakles standing left holding club and lions skin. TextImage
Imit_LeRider_19CELTIC, Danube Region. Derived from Philip II. Circa Late 4th - Early 3rd Century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / FILIP-POU, rider on horseback right holding palm; dolphin below, P• under raised foreleg. TextImage
KIO_898THE DANUBIAN CELTS. c. 200 BC-. Silver Tetradrachma, 26mm (16.85 gm). O: Head of Herakles clad in lion's skin headdress.. R: Zeus enthroned. TextObvRev
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_884cfDanubian Celts or Balkan Tribe AR Tetradrachm. Third century BC?. Imitating types of Alexander III. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress / Zeus enthroned right, holding eagle & scepter, E in right field, H under throne, blundered legend in left field. TextImage
Lekanc_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_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
PhilipII_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
PhilipII_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
Pink_580Balkan Tribes, Thraco-Getae AR Tetradrachm. 3rd century BC? Head of Herakles right in lionskin / FILIPPOY, Zeus seated left holding eagle & scepter, 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
ae17_imit_AlexIII KWD- Danubian Celtic Coin with Hercules, VF TextImage
alexIII_imitCeltic, Danube Valley, AR drachm, (2.99g) Crude head of Alexander the Great as Hercules right. / IAZ/\/\ Crude Zeus seated left, holding eagle on arm, monogram before. TextImage
ar4dr_thasos_imitDanube Celts, AR tetradrachm imitation of the types of Thasos, Very crude head o TextObvRev
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calpurnia_11cfCeltic, 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
drachmCeltic, Upper Danube Valley, c. 2nd century BC, AR drachm, (2.45g) imitative of types of Alexander the Great, Crude head right. / Crude Zeus seated. TextObvRev
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drachm_AlexIII_imitCeltic, Upper Danube Valley, c2nd century BC, AR drachm imitative of types of Alexander the Great, Crude head right / Crude Zeus seated. TextObvRev
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imit_PhilipIICeltic, 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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imit_RIC_207Augustus, 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. TextObvRev
imit_faustinaFaustina Junior, AR barbaric denarius, (3.10g) Danube River basin, IIVLIIVAAVGANTONIIIIAVGIIIIII Draped bust right, hair in a bun behind. / COS . . . COS III Goddess seated left, holding flower and resting arm on cornucopia. TextImage
julia_1cfCeltic, 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_2cfCeltic, 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_5cfCeltic, 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_2cfCeltic, 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
philipII_imitCeltic, Upper Danube Valley, imitating types of Philip II, AR “tetradrachm”, (4.63g), Degraded laureate head of Philip II right. / Very crude rider on horse prancing left. TextImage
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