Drachm Alkon and Menekrateos

Features

Issuer	Dyrrachion (Illyria)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	229 BC - 30 BC
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	2.98 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 463514
References	Ceka# 59, 59b Hasan Ceka, Kolë Luka; 1972. Questions de numismatique illyrienne: avec un catalogue des monnaies d'Apollonie et de Dyrrhachium. Université d'Etat de Tirana, Institut d'Histoire, Tirana, Albania.

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Obverse

(en) Cow to right, suckling calf to left, lettering above.
Border of dots.

Script: grecki

Lettering: AΛKΩN

Reverse

(en) Lettering around double stellate pattern.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΔYΡ
MENE
KΡA
TEOC

Mint

Dyrrhachium, Macedonia, modern-day Durrës, Albania

Comments

(en)

Dyrrhachium (Illyria) drachms in the time of the Roman protectorate (229 – 30 BC), Cow/calf type.

Magistrates Alkon and Menekrateos.

There are versions with and without tripod on the left side of the obverse:

See:

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/illyria/dyrrhachium/t.html

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (229 BC - 30 BC)												(en) With tripod to the left on the obverse
ND (229 BC - 30 BC)												(en) Without tripod on the obverse

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