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GM-141 22	Eastern Celts, Burgenland, Kroisbach Type Variant AR Tetradrachm. 2nd-1st century BC. Celticized male head left, hair in S-shaped locks / Celticized horseman left, only torso & head with long crest shown atop horse, beneath horse a twisted ground line terminating in torque at each end. NISC.	Text
Gobl 14•2cf	Early Imitation of Philip II AR Tetradrachm. Zeus / rider, with slightly blundered legend ΦΙΛΙΠ—OY, Z under horse’s belly, & E under raised foreleg. Cf Dessewffy 853 (obverse style).	Text
Gobl 41•6v	Early Imitations of Philip II AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right, of local style / Nude jockey on horse prancing right.	Text
Gobl 44A	Eastern Celts, Banat Type with Branch. Late third century BC. AR tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Celticized horseman left, only head & torso of rider shown on back of horse, L behind, branch under horse’s belly. Göbl OTA 44A.	Text
Gobl 64•3	Early Imitation of Philip II AR Tetradrachm, Dreifacher Perlkranz type. Head of Zeus right, with laurel wreath represented as triple row of pellets / Horseman with quadruple crest riding right, ring before horse. Castelin 1249, Kostial 387.	Text
Gobl 74•1	Eastern Celtic Imitation of Philip II AR Tetradrachm, Birnenscheitel type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right, T behind. Kostial 396.	Text
Gobl 74•2	Early Imitation of Philip II AR Tetradrachm, Birnenscheitel type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman right, K behind, A before horse. Kostial 396.	Text
Gobl 112	Early Imitation of Philip II AR Tetradrachm, Bartkranzavers (Zeus-Herakleskopf) type. Head of bearded Heracles right / Horseman trotting right.	Text
Gobl 129•4	Early Imitation of Philip II AR Tetradrachm, Baumreiter type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Helmeted horseman left with long crest ending in ring, holding branch in raised right hand, small animal in field before horse, leaf ornament on ground between legs. BMC Celtic 65–66, Kostial 416.	Text
Gobl 165	Eastern Celts AR Tetradrachm. Serbia, second century BC. Helmschweifreiter type. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Celticized warrior (crested head & torso only) on horseback left, pellet in ring above horse’s head, profile eye(?) above its tail. Gobl OTA 165/2–3, BMC S110 cf.	Text
Gobl 168	Eastern Celts, Kranzreiter Type. Second–first century BC. AR tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized, with large lock of hair falling from forehead to ear in front of laurel wreath / Celticized horseman right with long crest, holding wreath, bow under horse. Göbl OTA 168.	Text
Gobl 189•2	East Celtic Fractional Coinage, AR Drachm. Dachreiter type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horse trotting left, wheel above. Göbl OTA 189/2–3. Kostial 459.	Text
Gobl 226•2cf	Eastern Celtic Imitation of Larissa or Amphipolis AR Tetradrachm, facing head type. Crude facing head with cleft in chin / Rider on horse prancing left, circle of pellets behind rider’s head, branch under horse. BMC Celtic 107. Cf. Göbl OTA 226/2 & 230/2. Cf. Kostial 526.	Text
Gobl 232	PEGASI Celt Rare ARTetradrachm Nymph/Horseman	Text
Gobl 289•1	Lysimachus Head Type AR Tetradrachm. Beardless head right with flowing hair, horn of Ammon above ear / Horse prancing left, vestiges of rider above.	Text
Gobl 296•4	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, Zweigarm type. Head of Zeus right / Horseman left, holding vertical branch in raised left arm. Kostial 589, Castelin 1315, Cf BMC Celtic 28.	Text
Gobl 300•12	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, Sattelkopfpferd type. Beardless head right / Horse left, with large, saddle-shaped head, rider simplified to three pellets above horse’s back & crescent-shaped leg. BMC Celtic S37, Kostial 641.	Text
Gobl 308•3	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, B-Reiter type. Laureate head of Zeus right, with prominent S-shaped locks above forehead / Horseman left with prominent crest ending in B. BMC Celtic 72–74, Kostial 656.	Text
Gobl 381•8	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, Honter type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horseman trotting right, ΛΕ before horse, Δ under raised foreleg, square countermark on horse’s neck. Kostial 690.	Text
Gobl 385	East Celtic Fractional Coinage, AR Drachm. Drachm with star. Female head right, hair bound with broad band / Horse prancing right, sunburst above, pellet in ring below. Göbl OTA 385–386, BMC Celtic 150.	Text
Gobl 396	Eastern Celts AR Tetradrachm. Slovakia, ca 100–50 BC. Apollo/Leierblume type. Beardless male head left, hair waving upwards / Celticized horse prancing left, lyre-shaped flower above, a second lyre-shaped flower inverted beneath belly, twisted exergual line. Gobl OTA 396, BMC 148.	Text
Gobl 402•1	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, Audoleon type. Laureate head of Zeus right / AUDWLEON—TOS, horse trotting right, head & torso of helmeted warrior on back, pellet under raised foreleg. BMC Celtic 116–117, Dessewffy 380.	Text
Gobl 415•7	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, Dreizack und Triskeles type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Horse pacing right, head & torso of helmeted warrior on back, lower leg & foot visible beneath horse’s belly, bird right behind rider’s head, triskeles under horse’s raised foreleg, traces of Audoleon legend in field. BMC Celtic 119, Dessewffy 406.	Text
Gobl 429	Eastern Celts, Audoleon Monogram Type. Second century BC. AR tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Celticized horseman right, raising right hand, zigzag line behind head, lyre shape before horse, another zigzag under horse’s raised foreleg, monogram of Audoleon under horse’s belly. BMC Celtic 124ff, Kostial 723.	Text

Gobl 429•1	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, Audoleonmonogramm type. Laureate head of Zeus right / Stylized horse with upper half of rider on back, fragments of legend in field, Audoleon monogram under horse. BMC Celtic 127, Dessewffy 326.	Text
Gobl 469•1	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, Kroisbach type with Reiterstumpf. Beardless male head right with straight nose, in diadem represented by triple row of pellets / Head & torso of rider above horse trotting left, diadem consisting of single row of dots under solid line, bands in hair, twisted ground line terminating in torques below, circle with central dot behind head of rider. Kostial 743.	Text
Gobl 469•3	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, Kroisbach type with Reiterstumpf. Beardless male head right with broken nose, in diadem represented by triple row of pellets / Head & torso of rider with trailing diadem ties on back of horse pacing left on twisted exergual line terminating in torques, pellet in ring above rider’s head. BMC Celtic 154 & S151, Kostial 743.	Text
Gobl 469cf	Imitation of Audoleon AR Tetradrachm, Kroisbach type variant. Celticized male head left, hair rendered as S-shaped locks / Head & torso of crested rider on horse pacing left on twisted exergual line terminating in torques. Unpublished in the standard works of reference. Cf. Gorny & Mosch 141, lot 22.	Text
Gobl 500	East Celtic Fractional Coinage, AR Drachm. Kapostaler Kleingeld. Bearded head of Zeus right / Celticized horseman left, helmet crest above head. BMC Celtic 91–98. Göbl OTA 500.	Text
Gobl 603•1	Imitation of Macedonia 1st Region AR Tetradrachm. Macedonian shield with faint traces of ornaments, in tondo draped bust of Artemis right, in stephane, quiver over shoulder / ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ above & below horizontal club, AYP monogram above, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt outside to left. Kostial 1008–1009.	Text
Imit AlexIII AV Stater.1	CELTIC. Imitating Alexander III. Circa 3rd-2nd Century BC. AV Stater. Helmeted head of Athena right; serpent on helmet / Degraded legend right, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, stylis in left; thunderbolt to left, second star under left wing.	Text
Imit AlexIII AV Stater	Celtic imitating Alexander III AV Stater. Circa 3rd-2nd Century BC. Helmeted head of Athena right; serpent on helmet / ALISTH right, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, stylis in left; star to left, second star under left wing.	Text
Kapostral 4Drachm	Hercuniates Celts, (Hungarian plains) billon tetradrachm. Kapostral type, based on types of Philip II of Macedon, Laureate head of Zeus right. / Celticized Horse & rider advancing left, infinity sign below.	Text
Kostial 28cf	Eastern Celtic Imitatation of Alexander III AV Stater. ca 3rd-2nd Century BC. Helmeted head of Athena right; serpent on helmet / ALEXANDPOY right, Nike standing left, holding wreath in right hand, stylis in left; trident head left.	Text
Kostial 417	Eastern Celts, Baumreiter Type. Third century BC. AR tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Celticized horseman left, holding branch, his long helmet crest ending in ring; the horse has large, round eye & eye-shaped hooves, one containing a “pupil”; animal(?) before horse. Göbl OTA 129. BMC Celtic 65ff.	Text
Kostial 621	East Celts Type Alexander III (The Great) 1st Century B.C. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Herakles r. Reverse: Horse & rider (depicted by two dots) l.	Text
Kostial 673	Eastern Celts, Audoleon/Vogelreiter Type. Late third century BC. AR tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Celticized horseman right, holding palm branch, bird flying right behind head. Göbl OTA 336, BMC Celtic 21.	Text
Kostial 716	Eastern Celts, ? Type. Second–first century BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Celticized horseman right with long helmet crest, ? behind head. Göbl OTA 408.	Text
Kostial 765cf	Eastern Celts AR Tetradrachm. Eastern Slovakia, second century BC. Pticie type. Laureate head of Zeus right, Celticized / Celticized warrior (crested head & torso only) on horseback left. Kolnikova, Pticie, Type VI.	Text
Kostial 884cf	Eastern Celts or Balkan Tribe. Third century BC? AR tetradrachm. 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. Possibly unpublished. cf Göbl OTA 570A.	Text
Kostial 921	1st Century B.C. AR Tetradrachm. 8.638 grams. Obverse: Head of Herakles r., clad in lion's skin head-dress.	Text
Kostial 941	Types of Philip III Arrhidaeus, Drachm, East Celts, c. 100 BC- 100 AD, 3. 38g, Cf. Kostial (Lanz Collection)-941, Obv: Head of Herakles r. (degraded) Rx: Zeus std. l. (very degraded).	Text
Kostial 941cf	HJB-East Celts, Drachm	Text
Kostial 947.1	Celtic imitation of Philip III AR Drachm. Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus enthroned left holding eagle & scepter.	Text
Kostial 947.2	Type Philip III 1st Century B.C. AR Drachm. 2.424 grams. Obverse: Head of Herakles r., clad in lion's skin head-dress. Reverse: Zeus enthroned l., holding eagle & scepter. Kostial 947.	Text
Kostial 947	East Celts Type Philip III 1st Century B.C. AR Drachm. Head of Herakles right / Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle and sceptre.	Text
Kostial 977	East Celtic copy of Philip III drachm. Herakles head to right / Zeus enthroned to left.	Text
Kroisback Var	Eastern Celts. Burgenland. Kroisbach Type Variant. Second–first century BC. AR trihemiobol(?) (1.01 gm). Male head left with straight nose / Horse trotting left, wing above. Unpublished.	Text
Lanz 729	OSTKELTE/Tetadrachme Typ Zopfreiter selten!	Text

LeRider 23cf	Early Imitation of Philip II AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠ—OY, nude jockey on horseback right, holding palm, Λ above torch under horse’s belly, KP monogram under raised foreleg. Imitates an issue of Amphipolis, ca. 315/4–ca. 295/4 BC. For prototype, cf. Le Rider pl. 47, 23 (different division of legend) & SNG ANS 794.	Text
Lucanc 1350	Imitation of Thasos AR Tetradrachm. Abstract head of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy / Barbarized legend ΗΛΕVbYΙΘΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΛΘΣ ΘΥΟΤΙ, abstract Heracles standing left, resting right hand on grounded club, lion skin draped over left arm, four pellets (retrograde N?) in inner left field. Göbl OTA pl. 46, Class III, cf. 4.	Text
Lucanc 1629	Imitation of Thasos AR Tetradrachm. Devolved head of Dionysos / Heracles standing, legend reduced to meaningless dashes with a few pseudo-letters, & many pellets around Heracles’ head & in inner left field between club & leg. Lucanc 1629 & 1467 (both with same obverse die). Göbl OTA pl. 47–48, Class IV, cf. 7–8.	Text
SNGIs 1354	Celtic Imitation of Demetrios I, of Syria, AR Drachm. Crude head right / crude cornucopia.	Text
Sg1677cf	Celtic imitation of types of Messembria, Thrace, AE20, c. 200 BC, Diademed female head right. / [M]ETAM [B]PIN?[N] Athena advancing left, holding shield and spear.	Text
Sg1680cf	Celtic imitation of Odessos, Thrace, Ć15. Helmeted head right / Great God reclining left.	Text
Sg6819cf	Celtic imitation of types of Lysimachos, Ć17. Young male head (of Alexander the Great?) right, wearing Attic helmet / Lion leaping right, amphora below.	Text
Sear #210	Danubian Celtic AR Tetradrachm, imitation of Alexander the Great type. Head of Herakles right in lionskin / ALEXANDPOY, Zeus seated left holding eagle & scepter.
Sear #215	Danubian Celts, 1st Century BC Item: Silver Tetradrachm, imitating the types of Thasos. Head of Dionysos right wreathed in ivy / Naked Herakles standing left holding club and lions skin.

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