CELTIC. Lower Danube. AR Tetradrachm, late 4th-3rd Centuries B.C. NGC Ch F.

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CELTIC. Lower Danube. AR Tetradrachm, late 4th-3rd Centuries B.C. NGC Ch F. Marks.

cf. SNG ANS 783-809 (for rough). Imitating the types of Philip II of Macedon. Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus right; Reverse: Nude youth, holding palm, on horseback right; below, Λ above torch. While this issue may also be an official product of Macedon, the lack of a secondary control under the horse’s raised foreleg and an abbreviated reverse legend lead one to conclude that it is more likely imitative.