Central Europe, the Boii AR Hexadrachm. Busumarus, mid to late 1st century BC. Bare-headed male bust left, hair tied in knot behind; branch before / Winged centaur standing to left, head turned to right; BVSV below. Göbl, Hexadrachmen pl. 4, IV/1, 1; Paulsen pl. 33, 785-788; Lanz 72 (this coin). 16.69g, 25mm, 6h.
About Extremely 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);
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 #26[reverse]).
Price realized | 8'000 GBP |
Starting price | 1'200 GBP |
Estimate | 1'500 GBP |