CNG 96, Lot: 103. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of ILLYRIA. Monounios. Circa 305/0-280/75 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.72 g, 10h). Dyrrhachion mint. Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; above, jawbone of boar right / Double stellate pattern, divided by line, in double linear square border; spearhead to left, club to right; all within linear circle border. Gjongecaj Emission 4, 203 (same dies); Paškvan 2; Maier 87; Meadows,
CH (forthcoming) 228 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 1 (same dies). Near EF, a little die wear and die rust on obverse, area of flat strike on reverse. Very rare emission 4 stater.