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Drachm

Issuer Tarentum
Year 302 BC - 281 BC
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Weight 2.28 g
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Obverse script Greek
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Edge Plain
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Tarentum struck these smaller fractional issues during one of the most politically volatile stretches in the city's history — the period bracketed by the expulsion of Spartan regent Cleonymus around 303 BC and the eventual invitation of Pyrrhus of Epirus in 281 BC, a decision that would drag the city into a decade of catastrophic war with Rome. The drachm fabric sits well within the Vlasto sequence documenting stylistic evolution across this period, and collectors working that reference will find meaningful die-link opportunities within the 1075–1083 range.

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