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Stater - Monunios
| Issuer | Kings of Illyria |
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| Year | 300 BC - 275 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A cow standing to the right in the field, her head turned back to the left to suckle a calf kneeling beneath her. The animals are rendered in fine relief with naturalistic detail characteristic of early Hellenistic die-cutting. A crescent or horned symbol appears above the cow's back in the upper field. The composition fills the flan with no border or inscription, conveying a pastoral motif common to Illyrian coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Monunios is among the few Illyrian kings whose coinage can be attributed with confidence, his name appearing in Greek inscription on the issue itself — unusual for a region where dynastic coinage was often anonymous or ambiguously attributed. He is attested in ancient sources as having engaged diplomatically and militarily with both Epirus and Macedonia in the early third century BC, operating along the fractious Adriatic frontier during the wars of the Diadochi's successors.
The BMC Greek reference as entry one in the series reflects how foundational this piece is to the scholarly classification of Illyrian royal coinage.