Central Europe, the Boii AR Hexadrachm. Cobrovomarus, mid to late 1st century BC. Jugate male heads ('Honos' and 'Virtus') right; ivy leaf behind, star in right field / Lion springing right, RV below, inverted S above; COBROVM[A] in tablet in exergue. Göbl, Hexadrachmen pl. 4, V/1, 1 f.; Paulsen pl. 34, 795-797; Lanz 74 (this coin). 16.19g, 27mm, 8h.
Very Fine; scratches around details on obv. and rev. 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);
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 22, 10 May 1982, lot 5.
Price realized | 4'200 GBP |
Starting price | 800 GBP |
Estimate | 1'000 GBP |