Hexadrachm Nonnos Type 75 BC - 1 BC

Reverse

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

Lettering: ƧOИИOИ

Comment

Paulsen pl. 32, 761-763; Göbl, Hexadrachmen pl. 6, XIV/2 (1) not 3;

Recorded Sales:
• Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 Sep 2019, lot 41. Sold for 850 GBP in VF grade, scratched.

Examples of this type:

• Example #1 (17.21g, 25mm, 5h; Very Fine):

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◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #82;
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 40. Sold for 3,600 GBP.

• Example #2 (16.83g, 28mm, 5h; Very Fine scratched):

© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #84;
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 41. Sold for 850 GBP.
◦ Auctioned by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 28, 7 May 1984, lot 32.

• Example #3 (16.90g, 25mm, 6h; Extremely Fine):

© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Kostial #83;
◦ 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 #30[reverse]);
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, lot 41. Sold for 2,600 GBP.
◦ Auctioned by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 48, 22 May 1989, lot 24.

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