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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Illyria| > RP97906
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.
RP97906. Silver drachm, Ceka 362; BMC Thessaly p. 74, 131 - 132; HGC 3.1 40; Maier -, VF, toned, off center, double struck area on reverse, Dyrrhachium (Durrës, Albania) mint, weight 3.247g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 315o, magistrates Xenon & Philodamos, c. 229 - 30 B.C.; obverse cow standing right, head turned back left, suckling calf right; eagle right over ΖENΩN above, hound running right in exergue; reverse ΔYP - ΦIΛO-ΔA-MOY, double stellate pattern within double linear square; SOLD




  






REFERENCES|

Molinari, N.J. & N. Sisci. Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios. A Comprehensive Catalog of the Bronze Coinage of the Man-Faced Bull, With Essays on Origin and Identity. (Oxford, 2016).

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