v43_0104 - ILLYRIA - DYRRHACHIUM Statère
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Statère
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Dyrrachium
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 10,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier avec une trace de coulée bien visible sur la tranche. Court au droit avec une cassure de coin caractéristique dans les pattes de l’animal. Joli revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Vache à droite, allaitant un veau agenouillé à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Double carré linéaire à double compartiments ornés et décorés, (jardin d’Alcinoüs) ; dans le champ à l’exergue, une massue posée horizontalement.
Reverse legend : D/I/[R]
Reverse translation : (Dyrrachium).
Commentary
Il existe plusieurs versions pour le revers dans l’ordonnancement des lettres et des symboles. Sur notre exemplaire, le delta est à 3 heures, l’upsilon à 12 heures (figuré ici par un iota), le rhô à 3 heures (invisible sur notre exemplaire) et la massue à 6 heures (à peine visible à l’exergue). Cassure de coin perceptible au droit dans les pattes inférieures de la vache. L’exemplaire de MONNAIES 31, n° 50 s’est vendu 480€ avec onze offres.
There are several versions for the reverse in the ordering of the letters and symbols. On our example, the delta is at 3 o'clock, the upsilon at 12 o'clock (represented here by an iota), the rho at 3 o'clock (invisible on our example) and the club at 6 o'clock (barely visible in the exergue). Die breakage perceptible on the obverse in the lower legs of the cow. The example of MONNAIES 31, n° 50 sold for €480 with eleven bids
There are several versions for the reverse in the ordering of the letters and symbols. On our example, the delta is at 3 o'clock, the upsilon at 12 o'clock (represented here by an iota), the rho at 3 o'clock (invisible on our example) and the club at 6 o'clock (barely visible in the exergue). Die breakage perceptible on the obverse in the lower legs of the cow. The example of MONNAIES 31, n° 50 sold for €480 with eleven bids
Historical background
ILLYRIA - DYRRHACHIUM
(4th 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 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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