Is it silver or bronze? It looks like a silver denarius from Dyrrhachium, in Illyria. I'm not aware of any bronze issues of this type, though. You might check the Wildwinds page for Dyrrhachium: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/illyria/dyrrhachium/t.html
So is it a fouree or a legitimate denarius? If it's legit, then I'm pretty confident that it's from Dyrrhachium, 3rd century B.C.
Well, the 'type' is obvious but I'm as unsure as anyone else as to genuineness or it's fourree status'..... The usual question then becomes: How did you come across it?
I went to wild winds, but there are so many markings that I cannot read... Edges look legit to me. I am only surprised by sharpness of detail under my fingers, which makes me wonder.
I bought it at local antiquers show from a guy that deals mainly in old watches. He had 4 coins and I chose this
They usually look like my coin: Dont know if yours is genuine , but it looks atractive with the green deposits. Weight and diameter are OK.
It's certainly a AR Drachm of Dyrrhachion and there's a LOT of different types of these. Yours is a two magistrate type, with one name on the obverse and the other on the reverse.
Hello! It's a genuine silver drachm of Dyrrhachion. Your type is obverse ΑΦΡΟΔΙΣΙΟΣ reverse ΔΥΡ ΔΕΙΝΟΚΛΕΟΣ. Reference Ceka 110.
Perhaps we should mention that the same cow/calf type was also used from the city Apollonia. Both used magistrate names as shown above but Apollonia used ΑΠΟΛ where Dyrrhachion used ΔΥΡ on one side of the reverse.
Welcome Ivo! Always nice to see new members. Post a thread and tell us about your collecting interests. John
I really like this series of Illyria drachms - cheap Greek silver. I have really found this website to be helpful with attributions, general info, etc.: http://asklapiadas.ancients.info/02General.html
