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ID:     780405
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Celtic
Region:     DANUBIAN REGION
City:     Uncertain Tribes
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC Late 2nd-early 1st century
Diameter:     24 mm
Weight:     12.46 g
Die Axis:     10 h
Obverse Description:     Male head (Apollo?) left
Reverse Description:     Rider on horseback left, showing only his torso; torque-like ground line below
Primary Reference:     CNG 72, 25 (same dies)
Reference2:     Gorny & Mosch 141, 22 (same dies)
Reference3:     unpublished in the standard references
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=95379
Grade:     Superb EF, lightly toned
Notes:     Very rare, and among the finest known. This coin is from a newly discovered type clearly related to the Reiterstumpf/Kroisbach type by virtue of the close similarity of their reverse types, as well as the overall style and characteristics of their flans. The obverse type has a stylistic affinity with the left-facing male heads on the Apollokopf/Leierblume type, particularly in the details of the face and jaw line (cf. GÖbl, OTA 396-398). Both the Reiterstumpf and Apollokopf types are attributed to the same general region and time frame, so a new type combining elements of both is not unexpected.