Monunius

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Monunius was an Illyrian king who lived in the 3rd century BC, more specifically a Dardanii ruler. Many Dardanian rulers of the same age were named Monunius and there seems to be some confusion^[1] as to whom certain actions and events pertain. His daughter Etleua^[2] or Etuta married^[3] the Illyrian king Gentius. He is the first Illyrian to have struck coins.^[4] A helmet of one of his soldiers with an inscription in Greek^[5] letters has been found in modern Ohrid^[6].

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^ The Illyrians by J. J. Wilkes,1992,ISBN 0631198075,page 146,"Nor is it certain if this was the same ruler who gained power over the Taulantii"..."It is not certain if the is the same Monunius who offered helped against the Celts"
^ Rome's Mediterranean Empire Book 41-45 and the Periochae Livy, Jane D. Chaplin,ISBN-10: 0192833405,2007,page 147,"to Etleua, a daughter of Monunius"
^ The Illyrians by J. J. Wilkes, 1992, ISBN 0631198075,page 85"... Longarus, Bato and Monunius, whose daughter Etuta was married to the Illyrian king Gentius, are all Illyrian.
^ The Illyrians by J. J. Wilkes,1992,ISBN 0631198075,page 129,"No Illyrian production of coins is known before King Monunius struck his coins at Dyrrhachium (see figure 11), followed by Mytilus around ten years later"
^ The Illyrians by J. J. Wilkes, 1992, ISBN 0631198075,page 197,picture 17,Bronze helmet with the inscription,"ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΝΟΥΝΙΟΥ"
^ The Illyrians by J. J. Wilkes, 1992, ISBN 0631198075,page 146,"An inscribed bronze helmet found near Ohrid may have belonged to a soldier of this ruler" dated 280 BC