Numismatic Research- Albanian MOU
Peter Tompa, February 19, 2021
A. Internet Research
Margaret Thompson, Otto Mokholm, Collin Kraay, An Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards (ANS 1973)
Albania
Search term “Apollonia” http://coinhoards.org/results?q=mint_facet%3A%22Apollonia%22
55 results
Albania (9 hoards); Bosnia (1 hoard); Bulgaria 11 hoards); Greece (1 hoard); Hungary (1 hoard); Italy (2 Hoards); Romania (24 hoards); Serbia (1 hoard); Spain (1 hoard); Turkey (1 hoard).
Search term “Dyrrachium” http://coinhoards.org/results?q=mint_facet%3A%22Dyrrhachium%22
104 results
Albania (13 hoards); Bosnia (1 hoard); Bulgaria (19 hoards); Greece (4 hoards); Iraq (1 hoard); Italy (1 hoard); Montenegro (1 hoard); Romania (45 hoards); Serbia (1 hoard); Turkey (1 hoard).
B. Scholarly Treatise Research
Coin Hoards I (RNS 1975) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
Apollonia Mint
104 (Romania, 51 AR Drachms plus one imitation)
145 (Romania, 1 AR Drachm)
Dyrrhachium Mint
39 (Italy, 1 Drachm)
104 (Romania, 314 Drachms and 20 imitations)
143 (Romania, 2 Drachms)
Coin Hoards II (RNS 1976) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
Apollonia Mint
116 (Romania, 3 drachms) Dyrrachium Mint
104 (Romania, 5 drachms)
115 (Romania, 92 drachms)
116 (Romania, 17 drachmes)
Coin Hoards III (RNS 1977) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
Apollonia Mint
20 (Sicily, 1 AR Pegasi Stater)
54 (Albania, 5 AR Drachm, 44 AE)
70 (Coins recorded in Yugoslavian museum)
71 (Yugoslavia, 475 AR Drachms)
72 (Romania, 2 AR Drachms)
84 (Albania, 1 AR Apollonia Denarius)
111 (Yugoslavia, 14 AR Drachms)
130 (Albania, 1 Drachm)
Dyrrachium Mint
20 (Sicily, 1 AR Pegasi Stater)
70 (Coins recorded in Yugoslavian museum)
72 (Romania, 3 AR Drachms)
111 (Yugoslavia, 200 AR Drachms)
Coin Hoards IV (RNS 1978) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
Apollonia Mint
62 (Bulgaria, 47 AR Drachms)
Dyrrachium Mint
43 (Greece, 3 AR Drachms)
62 (Bulgaria, 226 AR Drachms)
Coin Hoards V (RNS 1980) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
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Apollonia Mint
54 (Yugoslavia, 477 AR drachms)
Dyrrachium Mint
98 (Romania, 1 AR drachm)
Coin Hoards VI (RNS 1981) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
Apollonia Mint
42 (Bulgaria, “Many” AR Drachms)
80 (Romania, 1 Drachm)
Dyrrachium Mint
42 (Bulgaria, “Many” AR Drachms)
Coin Hoards VII (RNS 1985) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
Apollonia Mint
118 (Yugoslavia, AR 135 Drachms and 3 imitations)
120 (Romania, AR 50 plus Drachms)
121 (Romania, number of AR Drachms)
122 (Romania, 1 AR Drachm)
123 (Bulgaria, “hundreds” of AR Drachms)
124 (Romania, 1 AR Drachm)
144 (Romania, 42 AR Drachms)
Dyrrachium Mint
118 (Romania, 4 AR Drachms and one imitation)
119 (Romania, 3 AR Drachms)
121 (Romania, unknown number of AR Drachms)
122 (Romania, 8 AR Drachms)
123 (Bulgaria, “hundreds” of AR including AR Drachms)
124 (Romania, 51 AR Drachms)
125 (Romania, 13 AR Drachms)
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129 (Romania, 76 AR Drachms plus 3 imitations)
144 (Romania, 101 AR Drachms plus 1 imitation)
Coin Hoards VIII (RNS 1985) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
Apollonia Mint
171 (Bulgaria, 6 AR Tetraobols)
232 (Italy, 1 AR Stater)
300 (Romania, AR Drachm)
448 (Romania, 10 AR Drachms, 1 imitation)
489 (Romania, 1 AR imitation and fragments)
493 (Romania, 4 AR Drachms)
499 (Romania, AR Drachm)
543 (Romania, 1 AR Drachm)
Dyrrachium Mint
226 (Italy, AR Pegasi staters)
300 (Romania, AR Drachm)
361 (200 AR Drachms)
419 (Greece, 1 AR Drachm)
448 (Romania, 1 AR Drachm)
489 (Romania, imitations and fragments)
493 (Romania, 15 AR Drachms)
499 (Romania, AR Drachms)
510 (Romania, AR Drachms)
533 (Romania, 208 AR Drachms)
543 (Romania, 127 AR Drachms)
Coin Hoards IX (RNS 2002) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
Apollonia Mint
147 (Albania, 1 AR Stater)
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158 (Greece, 11 AE)
260 Bulgaria, 5 AR Drachms, 1 hybrid Apollonia Dyrrachium Mint hybrid)
270 (Romania, unknown number of AR in a 270 plus coin hoard)
285 (Serbia, 23 AR Drachms)
331 (Romania AR Drachms)
Dyrrachium Mint
147 (Albania, 86 AR Staters, 40 ¼ Staters)
177 (Albania, 77 AE)
248 (Greece, 1 AR Drachm)
260 (Bulgaria, 22 AR Drachms, 1 Apollonia Dyrrachium Mint hybrid noted above)
270 (Romania, unknown number of Drachms in 270 plus AR hoard)
285 (Serbia, 70 AR Drachms, 1 hemidrachm, 2 imitations)
315 (Romania, 11 AR Drachms)
331 Romania, 37 AR Drachms)
623 (Italy, 1 Pegasi Stater)
689 (Morocco, 1 AR)
Coin Hoards X (ANS and RNS 2010) (Hoard Number, Find Spot, Number of applicable coins)
Albania
Apollonia Mint
52 (Albania, 1 AE)
54 (Greece, 1 AR Stater)
85 (Albania, 85 AE)
86 (Albania, 17 AE)
87 (Albania, 27 AE)
88 (Albania, 1149 AE)
89 (Albania, 102 AE)
90 (Albania, 2952 AE)
100 (Albania, 1 AE)
103 (Albania, 5 AR Drachms, 44 AE)
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134 (Albania, 10 AR Drachms, 18 AE)
163 (Romania, 4 AR Drachms)
167 (Macedonia, 2 AR)
172 (Serbia, 54 AR Drachms from Apollonia and Dyrrachium Mints)
173 (Serbia, 1 AR)
174 (Serbia, 48 plus AR Drachms from Apollonia and Dyrrachium Mints)
175 (Serbia, 300 plus AR Drachms from Apollonia and Dyrrachium Mints)
176 (Serbia, 200 plus AR Drachms from Apollonia and Dyrrachium Mints)
177 (Serbia, 38 plus AR Drachms)
179 (Serbia, 2 plus AR Drachms)
180 (Serbia, 79 plus AR Drachms)
181 (Croatia, unknown number of AR Drachms in 42 coin hoard)
191 (Albania, 28 AR Drachms, 58 AE)
Dyrrachium Mint
52 (Albania, 1 AE)
54 (Greece, 29 AR Staters)
141 (Romania, 1 AR Stater)
163 (Romania, 15 AR Drachms)
167 (Macedonia, 8 AR)
171 (Albania, 3 Drachms, 4 Hemidrachms, 2553 AE)
172 (Serbia, 54 AR Drachms from Apollonia and Dyrrachium Mints)
174 (Serbia, 48 plus AR Drachms from Apollonia and Dyrrachium Mints)
175 (Serbia, 300 plus AR Drachms from Apollonia and Dyrrachium Mints)
176 (Serbia, 200 plus AR Drachms from Apollonia and Dyrrachium Mints)
177 (Serbia, 149 plus AR Drachms)
179 (Serbia, 36 plus AR Drachms)
180 (Serbia, 15 plus AR Drachms)
181 (Croatia, 42 AR including Drachms from Apollonia and Dyrrachium Mints)
190 (Romania, 1 AR Drachm)
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395 (Italy, 1 AR Pegasi Stater)
400 (Sicily, 11 AR Staters)
407 (Sicily, 4 AR Staters)
409 (Sicily, 4 AR Staters)
411 (Sicily, 3 AR Staters)
468 (Spain, 1 AR Stater)
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