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 (3), 1; Paulsen pl. 31, 732-736; Lanz 67 (this coin). 16.79g, 25mm, 10h.
Very Fine. 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 | 3'000 GBP |
Starting price | 800 GBP |
Estimate | 1'000 GBP |