Obol Kapostal Type

Features

Issuer Hercuniates (Central and Eastern European Celts)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 200 BC - 1 BC
Value 1 Obol (⅙)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 0.45 g
Diameter 9 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
191664
References Kostial# 830,
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# 506/2
Robert Göbl; 1973. Ostkeltischer Typenatlas. Klinkhardt und Biermann, Brunswick, Germany.

Obverse

Celticised, laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right.

Reverse

Stylised rider on horseback to left.

Comments

Examples of this type:

Example #1 (0.45g, 9mm, 9h; Very Fine) - In main image
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #830;
◦ 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 #142[obverse]).
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 204. Estimated at 75 GBP, unsold.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (200 BC - 1 BC) 

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