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Illyria. Damastium
Illyria. Damastium
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Illyria. Damastium. AR Drachm (2.89g), ca. 330 BC. MAST 2.114 (this coin); May 30. Very rare. Old cabinet tone. Well centered and struck. A very interesting and lovely coin! Choice extremely fine. Acquired privately from Sonja Lambert, Brussels; Jean-Marie Vande Weghe (d. 2013) collection, acquired privately from Tradart, Brussels; Leu Numismatik 1992 (54) lot 93; Bank Leu 1973 (7) lot 156.

"You shall have just balances, just weights..." (Leviticus 19.36). Long before coins came along, silver in the form of ingots was a common method of payment for traders and states alike. This latter form, known as hacksilver (or hacksilber), was also used as a method to store wealth. Being roughly cut off from ingots, and basically anything made from pure silver, it was weighed each time a transaction was made. The reverse of this drachm, a portable cast ingot, bears witness to the mining industry of the city whose silver mines are mentioned by Strabo (7.7.8).
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Illyria. Damastium

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