Central Europe, East Noricum AR Tetradrachm. Wuschelkopf Type. Circa 2nd - 1st century BC. Celticised male head wearing three-strand pearl diadem to right / Horse prancing to left; wheel above. Göbl, TKN pl. 39, 41 (same dies); Lanz 207 (this coin). 9.99g, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; very well centred and complete for the type.
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 #54[reverse]);
Fount at Celje, Slovenia.
Price realized | 2'600 GBP |
Starting price | 400 GBP |
Estimate | 500 GBP |