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| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 280 BC - 272 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Nude warrior on horseback advancing to left, holding the bridle in his right hand and a small round shield in his left arm; to the left, Nike standing facing, restraining the horse with both hands outstretched. The legend ΛΥΚΙΣΚΟΣ appears in the field, identifying the magistrate or engraver responsible for the issue. The composition exemplifies the refined equestrian imagery characteristic of Tarentine coinage of the early third century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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These years mark Tarentum's desperate gamble: unable to repel Roman encroachment alone, the city invited Pyrrhus of Epirus and his war elephants into southern Italy in 280 BC. The coinage of this period helped finance that campaign, and the tight date range closes precisely with Tarentum's capitulation to Rome in 272 BC — the same year Pyrrhus died in Argos, struck by a roof tile thrown by an old woman.
Vlasto's sequencing of 679–682 places these among the better-documented die pairings of the late Tarentine series.