★ Extremely Rare ★
Central Europe, West Noricum AR Tetradrachm. Svicca Type. Circa 1st century BC. Ram standing to right, superimposed on laurel wreath, from each side of which emanate fronds / Horseman to left, brandishing spear in right hand; AR (ligate) in upper left field, SVICC[A] below. Göbl, TKN pl. 15 H1, 2 [13/63]; Lanz 144 (this coin). 9.90g, 23mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine; double struck on rev. Extremely Rare; no other examples with horseman to left on CoinArchives.
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 Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 41, 6 June 1988, lot 10.
Price realized | 3'000 GBP |
Starting price | 400 GBP |
Estimate | 500 GBP |