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Hemilitron
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 334 BC - 332 BC |
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| Value | Hemilitron (0.1) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tarentum's gold issues of the 330s BC are directly linked to the Italian campaign of Alexander I of Epirus, uncle to Alexander the Great, who was invited by Tarentum to defend the city against the Messapians, Lucanians, and Bruttians. The city almost certainly struck emergency gold coinage to fund or acknowledge that alliance — a highly unusual departure from their dominant silver production.
Alexander I was killed in battle at Pandosia around 331 BC, the alliance collapsed, and Tarentum's gold coinage ceased just as abruptly as it began.