Albania 200 Lekë Gold Coin 1968 Buthrotum Ruins

Albania 200 Lekë Gold Coin 1968 Buthrotum RuinsAlbanian Gold Coins 200 Lekë

Albania 200 Lekë Gold Coin 1968 Buthrotum Ruins
Commemorative issue: Buthrotum Ruins

Obverse: The Goddess of Butrint - Dea of Butrint (Apollo actually) and Buthrotum Ruins in the background (Remains of the theatre 4th century BC Theatre at Butrint).
Lettering: SHQIPËRI · ALBANIA 1968 BUTRINTI-BUTHROTUM.

Reverse: Coat Arms of Albania with denomination below.
Lettering: 24 MAJ 1944 200 LEKË.

Edge: Smooth.
Years: 1968-1970.
Value: 200 Lekë (200 ALL).
Metal: Gold (.900).
Weight: 39.49 g.
Shape: Round.



Dea of Butrint
The Dea or Goddess was probably the head of Apollo, a work of rare beauty characteristic of the Praxitelean school of sculpture of Greece, in about the fourth century B.C. This rare find was unearthed in 1929 by the Italian archeologist Ugolini. King Zog presented it personally to Mussolini but in 1982 it was returned to the homeland and placed in the National Museaum of History.

Buthrotum
Buthrotum (Albanian: Butrint; Latin: Buthrōtum; from Ancient Greek: Βουθρωτόν, Bouthrōtón) was an ancient Greek and later Roman city in Epirus. In modern times it is an archeological site in Vlorë County, Albania, some 14 kilometres south of Sarandë and close to the Greek border. It was known in antiquity as Βουθρωτόν (Bouthrōton) or (Βουθρώτιος) Bouthrōtios in Ancient Greek and Buthrotum in Latin. It is located on a hill overlooking the Vivari Channel and part of the Butrint National Park. Inhabited since prehistoric times, Buthrotum was a city of the Greek tribe of the Chaonians, later a Roman colony and a bishopric. It entered into decline in Late Antiquity, before being abandoned during the Middle Ages after a major earthquake flooded most of the city.