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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 8446171, member: 81887&quot;]... and I think I like this one even more than the previous one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1497100[/ATTACH] </p><p>Celtic Central Europe and Asia Minor.&nbsp; AR drachm (2.80 g).&nbsp; c.2nd century BC.&nbsp; Imitation of Alexander III drachm.&nbsp; Obverse: Herakles head right wearing lion-skin headdress.&nbsp; Reverse: Jupiter seated left, holding eagle and spear, degraded legend behind.&nbsp; This coin: Stephen Album Electronic Auction 16, lot 3 (July 11-12, 2022).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been trying to avoid getting into Celtic coins, as my time and budget are both finite and I already have too many areas of coinage that interest me.&nbsp; But I recently bought a Celtic reduced tetradrachm just because the design looked interesting and the price was cheap (see here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-dont-usually-buy-celtic-coins.397992/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-dont-usually-buy-celtic-coins.397992/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-dont-usually-buy-celtic-coins.397992/</a> ).&nbsp; And then I noticed this in a recent Steve Album auctioning had no choice but to bid.Something about that portrait style just appealed to me.&nbsp; The reverse is also interesting, with Jupiter&#039;s face reduced to just a few dots and lines, and also Jupiter appears to be transitioning to female.&nbsp; Unfortunately I don&#039;t know any historical details for this coin.&nbsp; If anyone is able to narrow down the attribution finer than &quot;Central Europe and Asia Minor&quot; (either region or tribe) I&#039;d appreciate it.&nbsp; Please post your Celtic coins, or whatever else is related.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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