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Drachm Xenon and Agathionos
| Issuer | Dyrrachion |
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| Year | 250 BC - 200 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A double stellate pattern, formed by two interlocking squares creating an eight-pointed star motif, is set within a double linear square frame. The civic abbreviation ΔYP and the magistrate's name ΑΓΑΘΙΩΝΟΣ are distributed in segments around the central device. The entire design is enclosed within a linear circle border. This geometric reverse type is a hallmark of the silver drachm coinage struck at Dyrrachion during the Hellenistic period, functioning as a civic badge alongside the changing magistrates' names. |
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| Mint | Dyrrachion (Dyrrhachium) |
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Dyrrachion — the Greek colonial city on the Illyrian coast known to Romans as Dyrrachium — issued drachms under paired magistrate names throughout the Hellenistic period, a practice that distinguished its coinage from most other Greek mints. The names Xenon and Agathionos appear together on this issue, placing it within a sequence catalogued by Ceka and cross-referenced by Maier, though the precise tenure of these magistrates within the roughly fifty-year window remains unresolved. The city's position controlling the western terminus of the later Via Egnatia made its silver indispensable to Adriatic trade long before Rome took formal interest in the region.