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Nomos
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 280 BC - 272 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Nude male warrior on horseback galloping to right, thrusting a spear with his right hand while carrying two additional spears and a round shield in his left. The magistrate's initials ΓΥ appear in the upper left field. Below the horse, the partially divided legend API/ΣTI/Π identifies the controlling magistrate. The composition is rendered in the vigorous, dynamic style characteristic of Tarentine silver coinage of the late Classical period. |
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| Reverse lettering | TAPAΣ ΔI |
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This issue falls within the years of Tarentum's most desperate gamble: having invited Pyrrhus of Epirus to defend the city against Rome, the Tarentines found themselves hosting an army they couldn't entirely control and funding a war they hadn't fully planned. The nomos series of this period served partly to pay Pyrrhic mercenaries. Pyrrhus withdrew from Italy in 275 BC after his costly victory at Beneventum, leaving Tarentum exposed; the city finally surrendered to Rome in 272, effectively ending the mint's independence.