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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_ring ORC9501 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
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
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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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