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Nomos
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 333 BC - 330 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HN Italy#896, SNG ANS 1#970, Kraay&Hirm#311, BMC Gr/It#211, GCV#345, Vlasto#545 |
| Obverse description | Nude warrior on horseback prancing to right, hurling a spear with his right hand while holding two additional spears and a shield with his left. The composition reflects the Tarentine tradition of depicting the ephebes in military exercises. Magistrate signature ΚΑΛ appears above Δ in the lower field, with partial legend ? Λ disposed to the left and right of the horse. |
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| Obverse lettering | ? Λ ΚΑΛ Δ |
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Tarentum's nomoi of the 330s BC were struck during one of the city's most precarious decades — facing renewed pressure from the Italic tribes of the interior, the Tarentines hired the Spartan king Archidamus III as a mercenary commander around 338 BC. He died fighting the Messapians at Manduria, likely in 338, a defeat that prompted the city to seek further outside help and eventually draw Alexander of Epirus into southern Italy by 334. These coins circulated in a Tarentum simultaneously wealthy from trade and genuinely uncertain of its survival.