Nomos

By the 270s BC, Tarentum had exhausted its options. The city had invited Pyrrhus of Epirus to defend it against Rome, watched that gamble collapse, and by 272 BC submitted to Roman authority — yet the mint continued producing nomoi, likely as a concession allowing the city to maintain its coinage traditions under the new order. The issues falling within this date range represent the final chapter of fully independent Tarentine monetary production before the series was progressively curtailed.

Vlasto 910–912 documents minor die variations within this grouping worth examining against the specific specimen in hand.