CARPATHIAN REGION. Uncertain tribe. Circa 2nd-1st century BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 22 mm, 14.45 g, 6 h), 'Kinnlos' type. Celticized laureate and diademed head of Zeus to right, without chin. Rev. Celticized horseman to right; below, line with central pellet. Dembski 1142. Flesche 720-1. Lanz 554. OTA 244/1-2. Preda pl. 56, 9-10. SLM 1287-8. Very well struck and attractively toned and with a fine pedigree. Minor marks, otherwise, good very fine.

This lovely tetradrachm once belonged to the world-renowned numismatist and archaeologist, Sir Arthur J. Evans (1851-1941), best known for his excavations at Knossos in Crete and for transforming the Ashmolean Museum into a premier institution for art and archaeology. The museum’s exceptional collection of Minoan artifacts, which Evans donated, remains the finest outside of Crete.