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Auction: 382 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 440

Gaul and Germania, Uncertain Tribe (3rd Century BC), 'Brackenheim' Type, AV Quarter-Stater, in imitation of Philip II of Macedon, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. Charioteer driving biga right, holding reins in his left hand and kentron in his right, corn-ear below horses, legend devolved into two lines of pearls in exergue, 2.13g, 10h (cf. Allen, SNR 53 (1974), pl. 8, 14-15; cf. DT 3022; cf. LT 4832 [Stater]; Sills 128-129), of waterworn appearance, otherwise largely centred on a buttery gold flan, near very fine, a handsome example of this extremely rare early imitative style

Provenance
Spink 186, 30 November 2006, lot 2

Estimate
$2,400 to $3,000

Starting price
$2000