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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24704784, member: 26430&quot;]<b><i>Sorry for the time-out from the game, but I couldn&#039;t resist!</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Ooh, great Celtic Tetradrachm! I was checking out the awesomely abstract lyre &amp; wheel symbols, then noticed it came from Roma Auction 18....</p><p><br /></p><p>You are probably aware, but...</p><p><br /></p><p>Roma XVIII (29 Sep 2009) was Part II of the <b>Hermann Lanz (1910-1998) Collection</b>, one of most important private collections of Celtic coins. Published in an important reference shortly before Hermann&#039;s death:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>Michaela Kostial (1997/2003). <i>Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz</i>. München: Verlag Staatlichen Münzsammlung.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>1997</b>: The Kostial-Lanz book was published on the occasion of a major German State Museum exhibition of the collection (a big deal!):</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>Staatlichen Münzsammlung München,</i> for the International Numismatic Congress in Berlin, 1997.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>2003</b>: Another exhibit for 60th birthday of Hermann&#039;s son, Hubert (1943-), w/ fewer coins &amp; Kostial&#039;s 2nd ed.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Your ([USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] &#039;s) coin</b>: in both exhibitions &amp; both book editions, published as Kostial-Lanz 522.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hermann acquired it from his own auction (actually, son Hubert took over, c. 1989/90, after Hermann&#039;s other son, Hubert&#039;s younger brother, was murdered, Ernst H. Lanz [1945-1989]):</p><blockquote><p>Ex Lanz 54 (12 Nov 1990), lot 28.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>My specimen (Lanz 422, a &quot;Baumreiter Drachm&quot;) shares most of the same history, though I don&#039;t know where Hermann got it. (I still haven&#039;t filled in the emply Lanz entires in <a href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/#private-collections" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/#private-collections" rel="nofollow">my online provenance glossary</a>, but I should. I&#039;ve <a href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-i-western-greek-world/#Baumreiter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-i-western-greek-world/#Baumreiter" rel="nofollow">posted my coin from the collection w/ some info above</a>.)</p><p>Expandable thumbnail (Lanz 422): Coin + Cover + Plate [ATTACH]1578227[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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