Central Europe, the Vindelici AR Obol. Manching Type 2. 1st century BC. Celticised male head left with pointed nose and large round eye; pellet in hair behind / Horse to left with pellet mane, three pellets above, pointed object below. Cf. Kellner, Manching pl. 42, 963; Lanz 22 (this coin). 0.42g, 10mm, 9h.
Good Extremely 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);
This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #12[reverse]).
Price realized | 220 GBP |
Starting price | 80 GBP |
Estimate | 100 GBP |