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Stater
| Issuer | Dyrrachion |
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| Year | 344 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | Σ |
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Dyrrachion — the Greek colony on the Illyrian coast known to Romans as Dyrrachium — began issuing these staters in the mid-fourth century BC as the city grew into a significant Adriatic trading hub. The cow-and-calf type for which this mint is famous served a commercial function as much as a civic one, facilitating exchange with Illyrian hinterland communities who measured wealth in livestock. The coinage circulated widely enough that hoards containing Dyrrachion staters have been recovered as far inland as modern Macedonia and Albania.
The Pegasi reference places this among the earliest die-linked groups of the series, before the magistrate name system on later issues was fully regularized.