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Illyrium Drachm - Cow suckling calf
jimwho523:
Can someone verify my attribution on my latest Gallery posting? I think it is a sg1900 variant, but mine has nike flying above the legend MENIEKOS on the obverse. I don't know if that makes a difference? ???
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=10114&pos=0
Thanks
Jim
PS. Is that a monogram, or a thunderbolt beneath the cow/calf???
Robert_Brenchley:
It looks like a thunderbolt, but I know nothing about these coins.
slokind:
It's Meniskos. Most of the ones I've seen say Meniskos.
esnible:
With these coins, the trick is knowing what city they come from: Apollonia or Dyrrhachium.
A good site for telling the difference is http://asklapiadas.ancients.info/
(I've heard it's a good site. I don't have any of these coins, so I've never tried to use it.)
jimwho523:
Thanks for the link and the info. I e-mailed Dr. petrani to ask him if he could verify and/or add any info to my attribution. He was very helpful and this is what he had to say
--- Quote ---Thank you for your kind message. I am always happy to identify, describe, and discuss Illyrian pieces.
Your coin is indeed a Dyrrhachian silver drachm. This is the Meniskos-Kallenos name combination, Class 5 drachm, issued in year -5 (last issue = year -1) that can be around the 70's of the first century BC.
It is from one of the most commonly occurring emissions which were executed in a hasty manner to fulfill the increasing demand for these coins in the N-E Balkan area. Probably goods or slaves were bought for this money by Illyrian merchants for the escalating Roman empire.
Well centered, well struck specimens are rare. Here you can identify both obverse symbols, flying Nike (=Victory) above Meniskos (wreath in hand off-flan) and thunderbolt in the exergue. The legend on the reverse is DYP KA[L] [LH] NOS (lower segment off-flan). The A is cut with the V-type connection between the sides of the letter (as on almost all Dyrrhachian coins).
Further questions?
Kind regards
Gyula Petranyi
http://asklapiadas.ancients.info
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