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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3234605, member: 57495&quot;]The link you posted above has a short section on these.&nbsp; It suggests that it was a very short and late series, perhaps issued right at the end of the long-running Cow and calf series/stellate pattern series.&nbsp; Illyrian drachmae and the Roman victoriati had been struck on the same standard, and some time after production of victoriati ceased, the decision was made to issue new coinage at Apollonia struck to the standard of the denarius instead. Those are not too common either. Better preserved examples are around 3.7-3.8g. My poxy one below is at the low end of the weight range.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/illyria-apollonia-drachm-nymphs-jpg.773568/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Apollonia</b></p><p>AR Drachm. 3.26g, 20.4mm, ILLYRIA, Apollonia, circa mid-late 1st century BC. Maier 135; SNG Copenhagen 405 var. (magistrate). O: Laureate head of Apollo left; APXHN to left. R: Three nymphs dancing around the Fire of the Nymphaeum of Apollonia; NIKANOP in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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