Coin of Skodra — Zeus and an Illyrian ship
Novac grada Skodre — Zevs i ilirski brod
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loads {mb} MBCoins and equipment of the Illyrian age from other collections — of the kind used in the Ulcinj area (7th–2nd c. BC).
Description
Civic coinage of Skodra, the second capital of the Illyrian state, with the legend ΣΚΟΔΡΙΝΩΝ — “of the Skodrans”. The obverse shows the head of Zeus, the reverse an Illyrian ship, the fast vessel with which the Illyrians ruled the eastern Adriatic coast.
The coinage of Skodra, like that of King Gentius from the same mint, ends in 168 BC, when Rome annexed the city after defeating Gentius. The diameter of this type is not catalogued and is estimated here from the weight.
The 3D model was made after photographs of a specimen of this type: obverse and reverse were modelled separately, in full relief, and joined into a two-sided coin at true size (diameter from the catalogue, thickness derived from the weight). The model is a faithful three-dimensional rendering of the type, not a measured survey of the specimen; the relief height is emphasised for legibility. For 3D printing, obverse and reverse were prepared as separate models.
Obverse and reverse
Both faces from the 3D model, in the colour of the coin and with the patina of a coin as found. A visualisation, not a photograph.
Replicas — visualisation
Computer renderings of replicas made from the 3D model, not photographs. Sizes and materials are proposals for 3D printing.
Literature and sources
- IRIS, Scodra Brunšmid 1898, br. 6–15 — https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/scodra.brunsmid_1898.6-15
- Katolički univerzitet Ajhštet-Ingolštat, Tabula Peutingeriana: Scodra — https://www1.ku.de/ggf/ag/tabula_peutingeriana/trefferanzeige_en.php?id=875
- J. Wilkes, The Illyrians, Oxford 1992.
