bgr_421429 - ILLYRIA - DYRRHACHIUM Drachme
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 229-100
Mint name / Town : Dyrrachium, Illyrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 3,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan décentré des deux côtés à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine grise superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Vache à droite, allaitant un veau agenouillé à gauche ; le nom du magistrat surmonté d’un aigle posé à droite, les ailes déployées ; à l’exergue, un chien courant à droite.
Obverse legend : MENISKOS
Obverse translation : (Meniskos).
Reverse
Reverse description : Double carré linéaire à double compartiments ornés et décorés (jardin d’Alcinoüs).
Reverse legend : DUR/ AG/IW/NOS
Reverse translation : (Dyrrachium/ Agionos).
Commentary
Pour le monnayage de Dyrrachium, nous avons d’après les travaux de Ceka en 1972, 461 types de drachmes différents en fonction des noms associés. Le magistrat Xénon est associé à onze noms (Ceka n° 353 à 363). Le magistrat du revers est associé à seize noms qui se trouvent au droit (Ceka n° 49, 97, 104, 121, 126, 128, 215, 229, 247, 261, 283, 314, 328, 362, 371, 429).
For the coinage of Dyrrachium, according to the work of Ceka in 1972, we have 461 different types of drachmas depending on the associated names. The magistrate Xenon is associated with eleven names (Ceka n° 353 to 363). The magistrate on the reverse is associated with sixteen names which are found on the right (Ceka n° 49, 97, 104, 121, 126, 128, 215, 229, 247, 261, 283, 314, 328, 362, 371, 429)
For the coinage of Dyrrachium, according to the work of Ceka in 1972, we have 461 different types of drachmas depending on the associated names. The magistrate Xenon is associated with eleven names (Ceka n° 353 to 363). The magistrate on the reverse is associated with sixteen names which are found on the right (Ceka n° 49, 97, 104, 121, 126, 128, 215, 229, 247, 261, 283, 314, 328, 362, 371, 429)
Historical background
ILLYRIA - DYRRHACHIUM
(3rd - 1st century BC)
Epidamnos, colony of Corcyra was founded in 623 BC. The city was the capital of the Dyrrachi. In 435 BC, a conflict broke out between Dyrrachium and Corinth, leading to the Peloponnesian War. It was also at this time that the city changed its name to become Dyrrachium instead of Epidamnos. In the middle of the 4th century BC, the city entered the Corinthian orbit and coined to the Corinthian type. In 312 BC, Glaucias, king of the Illyrians captured the city with the help of the Corcyreans. Around 280 BC, Dyrrachium was in the Macedonian orbit of Ptolemy Ceraunos. The city was then ruined by the Illyrian tribes and eventually came under Roman protectorate in 229 BC. When the Romans began to occupy the area at the end of the 3rd century BC, they renamed the city after of Dyrrhachium. It became at the end of the Republic the most important port for trade with Italy from Brindisium.
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