Hexadrachm Biatec type
Features
| Issuer | Boii |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 75 BC - 1 BC |
| Value | Hexadrachm (6) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 17.20 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number |
N# 189101
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
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| References |
Kostial# 68
Michaela Kostial; 2003. Kelten im Osten : Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa : Sammlung Lanz (2nd edition). Verlag der Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, Munich, Germany.
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Obverse
Jugate male heads ('Honos' and 'Virtus') right, one wearing laurel wreath, the other wearing helmet; BIA upwards before.
Lettering: BIA
Reverse
Male rider riding galloping hippogriff to right, holding ivy stem over shoulder in right hand; BIATEC in exergue.
Lettering: BIATEC
Comments
Paulsen 745
Paulsen pl. 31, 748
Göbl, Hexadrachmen pl. 3 II/2 (2)
Southwestern Slovakia
Recorded Sales:
• Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 Sep 2019, lot 33. Sold for 3,000 GBP in VF grade.
• Auktionhaus Numismatica (Vienna), Auction 13, 9 November 1976, lot 8.
Examples of this type:
• Example #1 (17.15g, 28mm, 9h; Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #68;
◦ 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 #23[reverse]);
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 33. Sold for 3,000 GBP.
◦ Auctioned by Auktionhaus Numismatica (Vienna), Auction 13, 9 November 1976, lot 8.
• Example #2 (16.94g, 24mm, 5h; Near Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #65;
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, lot 32. Sold for 1,700 GBP.
• Example #3 (17.06g, 27mm, 8h; Near Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #69;
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, lot 34. Sold for 4,600 GBP.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||
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