★ An Exemplar of Dyrrhachian Coinage ★

Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Stater. Circa 350 BC. Pegasos flying to right, Δ below / Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; club and retrograde Σ behind, dolphin above to right. Calciati, Pegasi p. 361, 15 (this coin); BMC 4-5; SNG Copenhagen 432 var. (E not Σ); HGC 3.1, 26. 8.65g, 23mm, 2h.

Fleur De Coin; magnificent old cabinet tone with gold and aquamarine iridescence over satin-finished mirror lustre. Very Rare; among the finest and most impressive surviving 'Pegasi' staters of Dyrrhachion.

This coin published in R. Calciati, Pegasi (Mortara, 1990);
From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Harald Salvesen Collection;
Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, List 513, August 1988, no. 17;
Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, List 508, March 1988, no. 11.