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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Illyria| > MA93700
Dyrrhachion, Illyria, Greece, Roman Protectorate, c. 229 - 30 B.C.
|Illyria|, |Dyrrhachion,| |Illyria,| |Greece,| |Roman| |Protectorate,| |c.| |229| |-| |30| |B.C.|, After the decisive defeat of the Illyrians to Rome in 229 B.C., the new Roman rulers renamed the city. The original name, Epidamnos, was similar to the Latin word damnum, meaning "loss" or "harm." Dyrrhachion is Greek for "bad spine" or "difficult ridge," probably referring to imposing cliffs near the city. This type circulated alongside, and presumably at parity with, Roman Republican denarii.
MA93700. Silver drachm, Ceka 320; BMC Thessaly p. 69, 62, Dyrrhachium (Durrës, Albania) mint, weight 2.528g, maximum diameter 16.8mm, 229 - 30 B.C.; obverse MENIΣKOΣ, cow right, head turned back toward suckling calf left, raven above; reverse ΔYP - ΔIO-NY-ΣIOY, around, double stellate pattern within double linear square; SOLD











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