Silver stater of King Monounios
Srebrni stater kralja Monouniosa
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A **silver stater** of the Illyrian king Monounios, struck at **Dyrrhachion, today Durrës** in Albania. The obverse shows **a cow suckling a calf**, with part of a wild boar’s jaw above it; the reverse has a double star-shaped, or stylised floral, ornament in a square frame, with the legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΝΟΥΝΙΟΥ — **“of King Monounios”**. His staters are also attested by the published Kreshpan hoard, which contained **45 coins** of this royal issue.
The coin is broadly dated to the early 3rd century BC: the British Museum gives c. 300 BC, the University of Tübingen c. 280–270 BC.
The 3D model was made after photographs of a specimen of this type: obverse and reverse were modelled separately, in full relief, and joined into a two-sided coin at true size (diameter from the catalogue, thickness derived from the weight). The model is a faithful three-dimensional rendering of the type, not a measured survey of the specimen; the relief height is emphasised for legibility. For 3D printing, obverse and reverse were prepared as separate models.
The photographs of originals in the gallery come from public collections, under the licence each collection states; source and link are in the notes. [1] [2]
Plates from the documentation
Literature and sources
- Britanski muzej, primjerak 1866,1201.1408, ista varijanta kao model: lijevo od kvadrata vrh koplja, desno toljaga; 10,41 g — https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1866-1201-1408 (fotografija pod licencom CC BY-NC-SA, zato nije prenesena)
- SNG Tübingen 1508, Univerzitet u Tibingenu — https://www.ikmk.uni-tuebingen.de/object?id=ID3806
- Sh. Gjongecaj, „Le trésor de Kreshpan“, Revue numismatique 6/153 (1998), str. 81 — https://www.persee.fr/doc/numi_0484-8942_1998_num_6_153_2192
- Fotografija originala: American Numismatic Society, New York, 1944.100.18588 — https://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.18588 (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
From the same collection
Coin of King Ballaios — Artemis with a torch
3rd century BC (c. 260/250–230) or 2nd century BC (after 168); dating disputed
Coin of King Ballaios — Rhizon type (Risan mint)
2nd century BC, 167–135 per BnF; mid-3rd century BC per the Lexicon of the Archaeology of Montenegro (dating disputed)