Stater Nike Type

Features

Issuer	​Boii
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	200 BC - 101 BC
Value	Stater (20)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Gold
Weight	8.44 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 191919 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	Kostial# 27 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.

Obverse

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.

Reverse

Nike standing to right, holding wreath in extended right hand; degraded legends on either side, swastika below to right, star below to left.

Comments

Imitating Alexander III of Macedon.
Paulsen pl. 1, 4 var.;

Examples of this type:

• Example #1 (8.44g, 18m, 12h; Very Fine) - In main image:
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #27;
◦ 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 #15[obverse]).
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, Lot 13. Sold for 4,000 GBP.

See also

• Mythology

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Numista Rarity index: 100

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