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).
"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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