CELTS OF DANUBIAN REGION SILVER ALEXANDER TYPE TETRADRACHM – “EYEGLASS” TYPE CONTROL – VF NGC GRADED CELTIC COIN (Inv. 10856)

$750.00

10856. CELTS OF THE DANUBIAN REGION. Ca. 3rd–2nd CENTURIES BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander type, 16.82 g, 25 mm.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΣCΛEΛKNΔU (in garbled letters), Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, H control monogram in left field, “eyeglass” shaped control monogram (possibly a rotated B) below throne.
CNG Electronic Auction 538, 5/10/2023, lot 1 (same dies); cf. OTA 566.
NGC graded VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5. An extremely interesting imitation with Alexander’s name totally garbled. The presence of the very unusual “eyeglass” control below the throne suggests this emission is related to the one above.