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Drachm - Theodotos and Phalakrionos
| Issuer | Dyrrachion (Illyria) |
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| Year | 275 BC - 48 BC |
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| Weight | 3.34 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dyrrachion — the Greek colony on the Illyrian coast known to Romans as Dyrrachium — operated a remarkably long-lived drachm coinage spanning over two centuries, with individual issues identified by pairs of magistrate names. The names Theodotos and Phalakrionos place this piece within that civic magistracy system, though the precise dating within the broad 275–48 BC window remains debated among specialists.
The city's coinage ended abruptly when Caesar besieged Pompey's forces there in 48 BC — the same campaign in which Pompey briefly routed Caesar before retreating to Pharsalos.