Central Europe, the Boii AR Hexadrachm. Nonnos, mid to late 1st century BC. Youthful male bust to right, wearing wreath; all within linear-arch border / Horseman, holding sword in right hand and branch in left, riding to right; NONNOS between two lines below; all within linear-arch border. Göbl, Hexadrachmen pl. 5, XIV/1C, 1-2; Paulsen pl. 33, 771-773; Lanz 81 (this coin). 16.95g, 27mm, 3h.
Good 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 | 2'800 GBP |
Starting price | 1'200 GBP |
Estimate | 1'500 GBP |