MIDDLE DANUBE. Uncertain tribe. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Tetradrachm (Bronze, 24 mm, 5.88 g, 12 h), 'Kugelwange' type. Celticized laureate head of Zeus to right, the face in the form of a smaller, beardless male head to right. Rev. Celticized horse prancing left; above, pellet-in-annulet; below tail, pellet; below, S-shaped volute. Dembski -. Dessewffy -. Flesche -. Lanz -. Leu Numismatik Web Auction 15 (2021), 43. OTA -. Rauch 94 (2014), 128 var. (differing style and of good silver). SLM -. Extremely rare, a lovely example of this highly unusual type. Light deposits and with minor traces of cleaning, otherwise, nearly very fine.


This highly original coin type is distinguished by the fact that the Celtic artist replaced the classical stylized head of Zeus' face with a smaller, separate head, resulting in an almost Frankenstein-like monster.