Illyria, City of Dyrrhachium, AR Drachm, Cow & Calf

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Illyria
• Authority: City of Dyrrhachium
• Date: 229 - 100 BCE
• Denomination: AR (silver) drachm
• Mint: Illyria, Dyrrhachium
• Size: 18.9mm
• Obverse: ΞENΩN - Cow standing right, looking back at calf which it suckles, caps of the Dioscuri above, corn-ear in left field, torch in right field
• Reverse: ΔYΡ ΦIΛΛIA - Double stellate pattern in square with straight sides
• Notes: In Greco-Roman mythology, Dioscuri were twin deities who succoured shipwrecked sailors and received sacrifices for favourable winds.

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