Drachm Tótfalu Type

Features

Issuer	Boii of Southern Slovakia and Northern Hungary
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	100 BC - 1 BC
Value	Drachm (1)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.48 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 189402
References	Kostial# 847, 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. Göbl OTA# 534/3 Robert Göbl; 1973. Ostkeltischer Typenatlas. Klinkhardt und Biermann, Brunswick, Germany.

Obverse

Laurel wreath between two rows of pearled lines, framed by zigzag lines.

Reverse

Stylized horse jumping to the left. 7 spoke wheel above.

Comments

Paulsen 1073, 1074. Dembski 698.

Drachms of Tótfalu type are named by the village where 944 pieces of this type have been found in 1903.

Examples of this type:

• Example #1 (2.49g, 17mm, 1h; Very Fine)

© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection. Published in Michaela Kostial - "Kelten im Osten. Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel und Osteuropa, Sammlung Lanz", München, 1997, #847;
◦ 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 #145[obverse]).
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, lot 223. Sold for 280 GBP.

See also

• Horse or equine
• Mythology

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Numista Rarity index: 97

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