Early Issue of Monounios

276, Lot: 104. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ILLYRIA. Monounios. Circa 300-275 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.27 g, 1h). Cow standing right, head lowered left, suckling calf; Monounios monogram above cow / Double stellate pattern within dual linear border; Δ-Y-P and club around. Gjongecaj em. 1, 165-8 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 425 (same obv. die). VF, toned, numerous cleaning scratches. Extremely rare.