Original scientific paper

A Previously Unknown Silver Coin of Issa from Central Dalmatia

Saša Paškvan
Paolo Visonà ; School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky

Abstract

A silver coin recently found by detectorists in the environs
of Trilj can be attributed to Issa, a Greek city on the island of
Vis, on cogent epigraphic, iconographic, and stylistic grounds.
It is the first example of an Issaean silver coin on record and
may be dated between 200 and 175 BC. The coin’s weight
(4.84 g) suggests that it could have circulated as a reduced
Corcyraean didrachm.

Keywords

J. Brunšmid, Corcyra, didrachm, Issa’s wine industry, jugate busts, kantharos, A. Matijašević Karamaneo, Trilj

Hrčak ID:

271178

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/271178

Publication date:

22.12.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

Visits: 1.325 *