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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3234552, member: 85693&quot;]Actually, you&#039;ve inspired me to look at my small collection a little closer.&nbsp; If I am attributing these right, I have one like yours, but uglier.&nbsp; Per the website I linked above, these seem to be quite late (just before Caesar and Pompey landed). </p><p><br /></p><p>The silver seems good(ish) on mine and the weight is okay (I consider OK on these to be 3 grams +), but it is pretty sorry-looking:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]845401[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Illyria - Apollonia </b></font></p><p><b>Drachm - Class A7ALc2b</b></p><p><b>(50 B.C.) </b></p><p>ARIS[TWN], Cow standing left head looking back suckling calf /</p><p>APOL AI NE A around double stellate pattern.</p><p>Ceka 24.</p><p>(3.08 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Going from bad to worse, below are two other Illyrian uglies I have.&nbsp; The dark one on the right weights only 2.12 grams; I&#039;m guessing ancient counterfeit.&nbsp; The other one is a good weight, but suffers, like the light one, from gross off-centering, like a lot of these do. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]845400[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Illyria - Dyrrhachium </b></font></p><p><b>Drachm - Class D5</b></p><p><b>(54 B.C.) </b></p><p>[ME] NISKO <strike>, cow standing&nbsp; right, suckling calf, rudder below / [DUR] AR CIP [POU]double stellate pattern in square.</strike></p><p><strike>Ceka 318</strike></p><p><strike>(3.17 grams / 18 mm)</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike><font size="4"><b>Illyria - Apollonia </b></font></strike></p><p><strike><b>Drachm - Class A7ALc2b</b></strike></p><p><strike><b>(52 B.C.) </b></strike></p><p><strike><b>(Niken and Autoboulos) </b></strike></p><p><strike>NIKHN above cow standing left suckling calf / APOL AUT[O BOU] LOU around double stellate pattern.</strike></p><p><strike>Ceka 88</strike></p><p><strike>(2.12 grams / 16 mm)</strike>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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