Roma Numismatics

Auction XVIII  –  29 September 2019

Roma Numismatics, Auction XVIII

The Lanz Collection II, The William Stancomb Collection, Celtic, Greek, Roman...

Su, 29.09.2019, from 11:00 AM CEST
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Description

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]).

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Price realized 8'000 GBP
Starting price 1'200 GBP
Estimate 1'500 GBP
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