Monounios, King of Illyria

Triton XVII, Lot: 191. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ILLYRIA. Monounios. Circa 305/0-280/75 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.66 g, 11h). Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; above, jawbone of boar right / Double stellate pattern divided by line, all in double linear square border; ΔY-P above and below, BACIΛEΩC MONOYNIOY at sides; all within linear circle border. Gjongecaj Emission 3, 191–4; Paškvan 2b; Maier 88; Meadows, CH (forthcoming) 215 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 528 var. (position of title and name); BMC 2 var. (same). Near EF, obverse a little off center. Very rare.