Illyria. Monunius. c. 290-270 BC. Stater, 10.56g (1h). DyrrhachiumObv: Cow standing right, head turned around to suckling calf; above, boar's jaw bone (Aetolian badge). Rx: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΝΟΥΝΙΟΥ and Δ-Υ, Double stellar pattern within square field, all within line border. Mørkholm, EHC, p. 83 f., pl. XII, 193. Traité II 4, col. 189 f. K. Preka and S. Gjongecaj in Liber amicorum Tony Hackens (Louvain-la Neuve 2007), pp. 374, no. 206. SNG Copenhagen 528. Boutin, Coll. Pozzi 2943. SNG Lockett 1642. Meadow 207 (forthcoming; this coin.). Mint State
Monunius, king of Dardania, was an opponent of the Macedonian kings, but in 281 BC he accepted King Pyrrhus as his ally. When Celtic tribes invaded central Greece in 279 BC, he offered assistance to Ptolemy Keraunos