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Litra
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 280 BC - 228 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (280 BC - 228 BC) |
| Additional information |
Tarentum's silver litrai occupy an awkward position in the city's monetary history — too small for major commerce, they functioned primarily as fractional currency during a period when the city was fighting for survival against Rome. The litra series spans the years of Pyrrhus's intervention and its messy aftermath, ending only when Rome absorbed Tarentum following the Social War pressures that reshaped southern Italy's autonomy.
The Vlasto 1600 reference places this among the later, less-documented fractional issues. Its absence from HN Italy suggests it remains incompletely catalogued in the standard corpus.