Drachm - Meniskos and Kallonos

Dyrrachion — the Greek colony on the Illyrian coast known to Romans as Dyrrachium — issued drachms of this type throughout the last two centuries BC, each identified by a pair of magistrate names that functioned as a form of civic accountability. Ceka catalogued hundreds of such name-pairings, and the sheer number of dies produced across this period reflects the city's status as a major Adriatic trading hub. Caesar crossed here in 48 BC pursuing Pompey, by which point the mint had been active in this series for well over a century.