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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 6748120, member: 110226&quot;]Here are two Eastern Celtic imitations of the Dionysus tetradrachm of Thasos.&nbsp; While the style is crude and somewhat abstract, and I guess &quot;barbarian&quot; in nature, the widespread Celts had their own civilization and culture, and were not the backwater tribes that some may think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Danuban Celts, 1st century BC</p><p>AR tetradrachm</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; Stylized portrait of Dionysus facing right.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; Stylized standing figure of Hercules holding a club right, surround dots replacing legend.</p><p>LT* 9685, variety</p><p>Rare</p><p>10.36 grams</p><p>Purchased from cgb.fr in 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>* LT refers to “Atlas des Monnaies Gauloises” by Henri de la Tour, published in 1892.</p><p><br /></p><p>Typically crude, with a somewhat wavy flan, as made.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1271600[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Celts in Eastern Europe, Circa 2nd - 1st century BCE</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>Thasos Type</p><p>Heavily stylised head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / Legend in pellets around central club appearing as pillar; two pellet-in-annulets to each side, zigzag pattern to right and hand(?) shaped control. Karl 612 (same dies); cf. Lukanc 1888. 16.10g, 30mm, 9h.</p><p>Good Very Fine</p><p>Rare</p><p>Lot 198, Roma E-Sale 68</p><p>Ex Helios Numismatik, Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 12.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271603[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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