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| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 272 BC - 240 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse lettering | ΤΑΓΕΑΣ |
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| Mintage | ND (272 BC - 240 BC) |
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Tarentum's final decades of independent coinage were shaped by catastrophic political failure. After inviting Pyrrhus of Epirus to defend the city against Rome — a campaign that ultimately achieved nothing — Tarentum fell to Roman control in 272 BC, the very opening of this issue's date range. The magistrate names Tageas and Poly- (the second name survives only partially in the epigraphic record) administered a mint operating under effective Roman supervision, though Tarentum retained nominal coinage rights for several more decades.
Vlasto 822–824 documents minor die variations across the sequence.