Roma Numismatics

Auction XVIII  –  29 September 2019

Roma Numismatics, Auction XVIII

The Lanz Collection II, The William Stancomb Collection, Celtic, Greek, Roman...

Su, 29.09.2019, from 11:00 AM CEST
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Description

Central Europe, the Boii AV Stater. Precursor to the Muschel Type. Circa 2nd - 1st century BC. Indistinct globular design / Wide, flat ring, with striations, sloping inwards to a central recess; bulge below. Cf. Paulsen pl. 14, 307 ff.; Lanz 50 (this coin). 7.28g, 16mm.

Near Mint State. Extremely 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 #20[reverse]).

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Price realized 1'800 GBP
Starting price 1'600 GBP
Estimate 2'000 GBP
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