Central Europe, the Boii AR Hexadrachm. Biatec, mid to late 1st century BC. Jugate male heads ('Honos' and 'Virtus') right, one wearing laurel wreath, the other wearing helmet; [ivy leaf] before / Male rider riding galloping hippogriff to right, holding ivy stem over shoulder in right hand; BIATEC in exergue. Göbl, Hexadrachmen pl. 2 II/1 (2/1), 2 (same dies); cf. Paulsen pl. 31, 743-4 var.; Lanz 65 (this coin). 16.94g, 24mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997).
Price realized | 1'700 GBP |
Starting price | 400 GBP |
Estimate | 500 GBP |