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Lot 4. Helvetii AR Quinarius, Ninno type

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A hitherto unknown variety
Helvetii AR Quinarius, Ninno type

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Bidding closed (Sunday, June 16th, 19:01:20 CEST)
Current time: Saturday, November 23rd, 18:47:56 CET

Price realised: CHF 800.00 (3 bids)
Approx. EUR 859.35 / USD 895.28 / GBP 714.56

High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #84, Lot 4. Estimate: CHF 500.00

Central Gaul, Helvetii. AR Quinarius (12 mm, 1.17 g), mid 1st century BC. Ninno type.
Obv. NINNO, Male head to left.
Rev. Boar standard to left.
Cf. DT 3279; Castelin SLM 960; HMZ 1-32a.

Very rare and apparently unpublished with a boar standard instead of a rushing boar. Very fine.

These rare quinarii can be ascribed to the Helvetii and are best known from the Balsthal hoard, found between Basel and Solothurn in 1839/40. Whilst the typ usually shows a boar rushing to left, our specimen clearly depicts a boar standard.



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