CARPATHIAN REGION. Uncertain tribe. Circa 2nd century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 13.68 g, 12 h), 'Gallierkopf' type, imitating Philip II of Macedon. Celticized male head to right, wearing laurel wreath and mustache. Rev. Celticized horseman to left, raising his right arm; below, rosette. Dembski 1278. Flesche 678. Lanz -. OTA 350/4. Very rare. Nicely toned. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.



This very rare issue is called the 'Gallierkopf' ('head of a Gaul') type because the head on the obverse, originally derived from the depictions of Zeus by Philip II of Macedon, has been individualized in a Gaulish manner, depicted not with a full beard but with a mustache.