Celts in Eastern Europe. c. 3rd century BC

AR Tetradrachm, 12.83g (25mm, 6h). Beardless type. Celticised, laureate and beardless head right / Stylised rider on horseback to right; four small pellets before, globe under horse.Pedigree: From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997); This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #69[reverse]);Ex Kress, Auction 186, 25 October 1983, lot 372.References: Göbl, OTA pl. 7, 56/1; Preda, MGD pl. 13, 11 and 12 var. Kostial, Lanz collection 382 (this coin).Grade: High relief but slightly rough surfaces. Beautiful cabinet toning. EF for issue (gk1336)Scroll down for more information about this coin.