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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2571772, member: 72818&quot;]Since I only had one modest small bronze Danubian Celt coin prior to this purchase I found this example very appealing---yet I still know very little about them. From what I&#039;ve been able to discover, this Tetradrachm is a &#039;KUGELWANGE &#039; type and probably struck around the Ist century BC. It&#039;s an imitation of A Macedonian issue depicting Zeus and a &#039;prancing horse&#039; and although about the correct size, the weight is substantially lower than the &#039;originals&#039;. I suppose it should be considered a debased Billon Tet containing about 30-50% silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>As everyone knows, Celtic coinage ranges from faithful imitations, to the slightly fanciful (like mine) to the highly stylized that make me feel like I&#039;m looking at a Picasso painting and I need to be constantly told what I&#039;m actually looking at LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>Please indulge yourselves and share your Celtic coins....</p><p><br /></p><p>Danubian (Pannonian) Celtic AR Tetradrachm,</p><p>imitating coins of Philip II of Macedonia.</p><p>Struck, 2nd-Ist Century BC; 24 mm, 8.7 grams</p><p>Laureate Zeus right</p><p>Prancing horse left, Pellet in amulet above horse neck</p><p>Lanz 465?</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW: I purchased this at FAC and due diligence does not suggest a modern forgery. And it sold for $30.50 shipped which seems like almost a bargain. What do you guys think?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]556235[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]556236[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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