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Author Topic: Mystery Horse! 23mm 7.19gm Philip imitation?  (Read 1905 times)

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Offline Dirtfisher

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Mystery Horse! 23mm 7.19gm Philip imitation?
« on: July 23, 2005, 02:31:08 am »
Greetings!

I am new to Celtic coins and I am hoping to learn more about this coin I just purchased. I am not even sure it is authentic. It does not look modern or show any signs of being fake. I found several references to Philip imitative Celtic tetradrachms, but I have not seen the denomination of a drachm near to the weight of this coin, nor have I seen coins with a horse of this particular style. Any help on figuring this one out would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers!

Dirtfisher
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Re: Mystery Horse! 23mm 7.19gm Philip imitation?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2005, 02:31:58 am »
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Nico Creces

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Re: Mystery Horse! 23mm 7.19gm Philip imitation?
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2005, 04:13:02 am »
Genuine.
Tetradrachm of the Danubian Celts.
Upper Danube Valley, imitating types of Philip II, AR "tetradrachm” , Degraded laureate head of Philip II right. / Very crude rider on horse prancing left.
I think I'm quite close ;)
Grtz,
Nico
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Re: Mystery Horse! 23mm 7.19gm Philip imitation?
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2005, 02:30:39 pm »
Thank you, that is very reassuring to hear!
There seems to be such variation in the style and weight of these types of coins, how do you determine a date range for this issue? Anyone want to venture a guess on this example?
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Nico Creces

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Re: Mystery Horse! 23mm 7.19gm Philip imitation?
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2005, 05:21:26 pm »
It should be 2th century BC.
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Nico
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