Central Europe, Noricum AR Obol. Eis Type. Circa 2nd - 1st century BC. Laureate and diademed male head to left / 'Winckelkreuz' cross with pellet in centre. Cf. Göbl, TKN pl. 45 P1 (same dies) and O1; Paulsen pl. 27, 636 (same dies); Lanz 224 (this coin). 0.56g, 8mm.
Extremely Fine.
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 #57[reverse]);
Found at Eis (Carinthia).
Price realized | 190 GBP |
Starting price | 80 GBP |
Estimate | 100 GBP |