Hexadrachm Nonnos Type

Features

Issuer ​Boii
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 75 BC - 1 BC
Value Hexadrachm (6)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 16.93 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
192304
References Kostial# 85
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

Bare male bust left; branch before.

Reverse

Horseman, holding sword in right hand and branch in left, riding to right; NONNOS between two lines below; all within linear-arch border.

Lettering: NONNOS

Comments

Göbl, Hexadrachmen pl. 6, XIV/3, 1; Paulsen pl. 33, 776;

Examples of this type:

Example #1 (16.93g, 26mm, 4h, Good Very Fine) - In main image:
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Michaela Kostial - "Kelten im Osten. Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel und Osteuropa, Sammlung Lanz", München, 1997, #85;
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, Lot 42. Sold for 5,500 GBP.

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

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