Drachm - Philotas and Asklapos

Features

Issuer	Dyrrachion (Illyria)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	250 BC - 200 BC
Value	1 Drachm
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.23 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 576323
References	Ceka# 444 Hasan Ceka, Kolë Luka; 1972. Questions de numismatique illyrienne: avec un catalogue des monnaies d'Apollonie et de Dyrrhachium. Université d'Etat de Tirana, Institut d'Histoire, Tirana, Albania. , Maier# 147 Alfred Maier; 1908. “Die Silberprägung von Apollonia und Dyrrhachion”, Numismatische Zeitschrift (Numismatic Journal), Volume 41, pages 1-33. , BMC Greek# 43 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Tübingen 2# 1378 Dietrich Mannsperger; 1982. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen / 2. Heft. Taurische Chersones - Korkyra: Nr. 731–1542. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany. , HGC 3.1# 40 Oliver D. Hoover; 2016. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 1. Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Rhousopoulos# 1499 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Obverse

Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; club to left, grain ear to right, bunch of grapes in exergue.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΦIΛΩTAΣ

Reverse

Double stellate pattern in double linear square; magistrate's name around.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΔYΡ AΣKΛAΠOY

Mint

Dyrrhachium, Macedonia, modern-day Durrës, Albania

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (250 BC - 200 BC)							$ 120

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Eid Mar Auction 16 Lot 55	15 Jun 2025	VF	USD 139.39 (EUR 120.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Eid Mar Auctions
	Leipziger Münzhandlung Auction 77 Lot 682	19 Apr 2013	VF	USD 46.46 (EUR 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leipziger Münzhandlung und Auktion Manfred Höhn