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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4688271, member: 74834"]One of my most attractive coins is just that, an early imitation of a tetradrachm of Philip II. I have the origin noted just as 'Eastern Celts, Lower Danube'.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153140[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Early 3rd century BC. Early imitation of a Philip II tetradrachm of Amphipolis. Fourrée (at the edge some giveaway spots). Obv. Laureate head of Zeus t.r., behind it, a leaf. Rev. Jockey and horse riding t.r. Under it, labda over a bucranium. Under the prancing leg of the horse, an A. 24.5 mm, 13.85 gr. Flesche -. Cf. Göbl <i>Ostkeltischer Typenatlas</i> 10 1 and 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an added impression of this coin in my notes:</p><p><i>The original Philip of Macedon style is heroic and realistic. The design of this coin is ever so slightly distorted into a surrealistic portrait - with its very short upper lip and huge bearded jaw, and its large temple, the man's gaze aiming intensely forward.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4688271, member: 74834"]One of my most attractive coins is just that, an early imitation of a tetradrachm of Philip II. I have the origin noted just as 'Eastern Celts, Lower Danube'. [ATTACH=full]1153140[/ATTACH] Early 3rd century BC. Early imitation of a Philip II tetradrachm of Amphipolis. Fourrée (at the edge some giveaway spots). Obv. Laureate head of Zeus t.r., behind it, a leaf. Rev. Jockey and horse riding t.r. Under it, labda over a bucranium. Under the prancing leg of the horse, an A. 24.5 mm,[B] [/B]13.85 gr. Flesche -. Cf. Göbl [I]Ostkeltischer Typenatlas[/I] 10 1 and 2. There is an added impression of this coin in my notes: [I]The original Philip of Macedon style is heroic and realistic. The design of this coin is ever so slightly distorted into a surrealistic portrait - with its very short upper lip and huge bearded jaw, and its large temple, the man's gaze aiming intensely forward.[/I][/QUOTE]
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