Hexadrachm Biatec Type

Features

Issuer ​Boii
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 75 BC - 1 BC
Value Hexadrachm (6)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 17.18 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
192297
References Kostial# 71
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

Male head to right with short hair; arch and double linear border around.

Reverse

Male rider riding galloping hippogriff to right, holding ivy stem over shoulder in right hand; BIATEC in exergue.

Lettering: BIATEC

Comments

Göbl, Hexadrachmen pl. 3 II/4, 2; Paulsen pl. 30, 711-715;

Examples of this type:

Example #1 (17.18g, 29mm, 8h, Good Very Fine) - In main image:
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #71;
◦ 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 #25[obverse]);
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, Lot 35. Sold for 4,000 GBP.
◦ Auctioned by Bank Leu 25, 23 April 1980, lot 21.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (75 BC - 1 BC) 

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