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A fine silver drachm from Dyrrhachium in Illyria, struck under magistrates Meniskos and Aukiskos. The obverse features a cow, standing right, suckling her calf with her head lowered towards the calf. A statute of a female deity features in the right field. The legend reads MENIΣKOΣ. The reverse displays a double stellate pattern and a legend which reads ΔYΡ AY-KIΣ-KOY. The coin was minted after 229 BC. 

Diameter: (circa) 1.7cm 
Weight: 2.76g 

Provenance: Ex London Art Market, acquired 1980s-90s.

Circa 229-200 BC

Illyrian, Dyrrhachium Silver Drachm  (No Reserve Price)

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Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

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