Drachm - Antigonos and Thersias

Features

Issuer	Dyrrachion (Illyria)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	200 BC - 37 BC
Value	1 Drachm
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.51 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 576694
References	Ceka# 68 Hasan Ceka, Kolë Luka; 1972. Questions de numismatique illyrienne: avec un catalogue des monnaies d'Apollonie et de Dyrrhachium. Université d'Etat de Tirana, Institut d'Histoire, Tirana, Albania. , Maier# 236 Alfred Maier; 1908. “Die Silberprägung von Apollonia und Dyrrhachion”, Numismatische Zeitschrift (Numismatic Journal), Volume 41, pages 1-33. , BMC Greek# 77 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Tübingen 2# 1413-1414 Dietrich Mannsperger; 1982. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen / 2. Heft. Taurische Chersones - Korkyra: Nr. 731–1542. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany. , SNG Copenhagen# 472 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , HGC 3.1# 40 Oliver D. Hoover; 2016. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 1. Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; club to right, bow in exergue.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ANTIΓONOΣ

Reverse

Double stellate pattern in double linear square; magistrate's name around.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΔYΡ ΘEΡΣIA

Mint

Dyrrhachium, Macedonia, modern-day Durrës, Albania

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (200 BC - 37 BC)							$ 63

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 32 Lot 338	7 Dec 2024	VF	USD 95.02 (CHF 75.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	H. D. Rauch E-Auction 43 Lot 148	3 Apr 2024	VF	USD 34.84 (EUR 30.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Salon Numizmatyczny Mateusz Wójcicki Auction 7 Lot 3015	27 Feb 2021	VF	USD 62.72 (EUR 54.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Salon Numizmatyczny Mateusz Wójcicki