Stater - Monunios

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.