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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2326896, member: 57495&quot;]Congrats, you scored really nicely with this one.&nbsp; Just an all-round excellent example, and plenty of control symbols for your buck.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My drachm is like Steve&#039;s, an obverse brockage, but with a different magistrate.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]471156[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Dyrrhachion</b></p><p>Circa 250-200 BC</p><p>AR Drachm, obverse brockage</p><p>3.45g, 19.3mm</p><p>cf. Maier 200</p><p>O: Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing left below; ΦΙΛΩΤΑΣ above, snake staff of Asklepios in exergue.</p><p>R: Incuse brockage of obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you go back a little earlier to Illyria&#039;s pre-Roman protectorate days, you get the same design in the stater denomination.&nbsp; At 20-21mm, they&#039;re just a bit bigger than some the drachms, but about three times as heavy, which makes for having pleasingly chubby silver in hand.&nbsp; Mine was struck with a worn obverse die, but I&#039;m consoled by its two bonus animals - bird on the obverse and lizard on the reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]471157[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Dyrrhachion</b></p><p>Circa 340-280 BC</p><p>AR Stater</p><p>10.61gm, 20.5mm</p><p>Maier -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 17</p><p>O: Cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf standing right below; bird above.</p><p>R: Y - Δ, double stellate pattern divided by line within linear square border; lizard above, club below.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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