★ A Very Rare 'Warasdin Type A' Tetradrachm ★
Central Europe, East Noricum AR Tetradrachm. Warasdin Type A. Circa 2nd - 1st century BC. Male ('Apollo') head wearing three-strand pearl diadem to left / Horse prancing to left; Venetian script above. Göbl, TKN pl. 19, 6 (same dies) [21/77]; Lanz 154 (this coin). 12.97g, 23mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. 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 #47[reverse]).
Price realized | 3'200 GBP |
Starting price | 1'600 GBP |
Estimate | 2'000 GBP |