380, Lot: 121. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. 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 (21mm, 10.27 g, 5h). Dyrrhachion mint. Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; above, jawbone of boar right / Vertical double stellate pattern, divided by line, in double linear square border; all within linear circle border. Gjongecaj Emission 3, 199 (same dies); Paškvan 2a (same dies as illustration); Maier 88 var. (longer ethnic); Meadows,
CH (forthcoming) 209 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 528 var. (longer ethnic; same obv. die); BMC 2 var. (same). Near EF, irregular flan, die break on obverse, reverse off center. Very rare.