Due to custom regulations we can not ship outside the E.U. Please make sure you have an EU shipping address before bidding. Throughout history, coins were an ideal propaganda tool for governments to present themselves and the message they wanted to communicate. They are an important symbol of power and are full of symbolism. Dyrrhachium, Illyria, Greece, Roman Protectorate, AR Drachm, struck 229-30 BC. Obverse: Cow standing to right, looking back and suckling calf standing to left beneath her. Legend: MENIΣKOΣ (Meniskos) Reverse: Square containing double stellate pattern. Diameter: ± 17,9 mm maximum Weight: ± 2,98 g Condition: very fine. Certificate of Authenticity: available upon request (pdf-format). The silver drachm is the best known coin of Dyrrhachium, it features a recurrent obverse of a cow with a sucking calf, a fertility symbol of Euboean origin. These drachms circulated alongside with the Roman Republican denarii. Dyrrhachium (modern day Durrës) is situated on the Albanian Adriatic sea coast. It was founded by ancient Greek colonists around the 7th century BC. In antiquity the city was also known as Epidamnos. After the Illyrian Wars with the Roman Republic in 229 BC ended in a decisive defeat for the Illyrians, the city passed to Roman rule. Dyrrachium prospered under Roman rule and was developed as a major military and naval base. In 48 BC the Battle of Dyrrhachium between Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompey took place here.