Æ21 - Pyrrhos of Epeiros

Pyrrhos struck this bronze during his Italian campaign, the period when he had crossed into Sicily to drive the Carthaginians off the island — briefly succeeding, then overextending himself to the point that his Sicilian allies turned against him. He was effectively fighting two wars simultaneously, and his coinage from these years reflects a mobile military mint following one of the ancient world's most restless commanders. The issues are not rare by type, but examples with honest surfaces are scarce; they circulated hard in a campaign economy.