Extremely Rare Facing Head Variety

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 7. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Eastern Europe. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. AR Tetradrachm (12.71 g, 8h). Uncertain type. Struck in central Serbia. Facing bearded head / Horse advancing left. Cf. OTA 218-232 (for parallel series); Lanz -; CCCBM I -; KMW -; Preda -. VF, minor porosity. Extremely rare.

From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection.