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| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 275 BC - 200 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HN Italy#1092, Vlasto#1850, SNG Morcom#259 |
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| Mint | Tarentum (Taras) |
| Mintage | ND (275 BC - 200 BC) |
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Tarentum's bronze coinage of this period reflects the city's precarious position during the Pyrrhic War and its aftermath — Rome's decisive victory at Beneventum in 275 BC effectively ended Tarentine independence as a political force, and the city surrendered to Rome in 272 BC. Bronze issues continued under what amounted to Roman oversight, the civic mint functioning more as a gesture of cultural continuity than genuine autonomy.
Vlasto 1850 places this among the later small bronzes of the series, struck as the city's silver output was already in steep decline.