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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Illyria| > GS91758
Dyrrhachion, Illyria, Greece, Roman Protectorate, c. 229 - 80 B.C.
|Illyria|, |Dyrrhachion,| |Illyria,| |Greece,| |Roman| |Protectorate,| |c.| |229| |-| |80| |B.C.|, Durrës, one of the oldest cities in Albania, was founded as Epidamnos in 627 B.C. by colonists from Corinth and Corcyra. Located around a rocky harbor, surrounded by inland swamps and high cliffs, the city was difficult to attack from land or sea. After its defeat to Rome in 229 B.C., the new rulers renamed the city Dyrrachium. Epidamnos is similar to the Latin damnum, meaning "loss." Dyrrhachion is Greek for "bad spine" or "difficult ridge," likely referring to the nearby cliffs. Dyrrachium prospered under Rome and was made a naval and military base. Pompey made a stand there in 48 B.C. before fleeing south to Greece. Augustus made the city a colony for veterans of his legions following the Battle of Actium, proclaiming it a civitas libera (free town).
GS91758. Silver drachm, Ceka 325; Maier 278; BMC Thessaly p. 71, 94; SNG Cop 478; Mionnet 122; HGC 3.1 40; SNG Munchen -, gVF, toned, light marks, a little off center, Dyrrhachium (Durrës, Albania) mint, weight 2.727g, maximum diameter 18.9mm, die axis 105o, magistrates Meniskos & Lykiskon, c. 229 - 80 B.C.; obverse cow right, head turned back toward suckling calf left, MENIΣKOΣ above, sculpture of female (Isis?) right; reverse ΔYP - ΛY-KIΣ-KOY, double stellate pattern within double linear square; scarce; SOLD










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