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Didrachm or nomos (silver). Approx. 280 - 272 BC Chr.
Obv: warrior on horseback with Macedonian shield w/star of Vergina boss and spear riding left; Zeta Omega in left field, magistrate's name between legs.
Rev: Naked Taras with spindle and bunch of grapes, riding left on dolphin; in the field on the right ear of corn.
22mm 6.45g
HN Italy 1013; Coll. Vlasto 800.
Very nice. Purchased from Solidus March 2023
Minted at the time of Pyrrhos, who in 280 BC. at the invitation of the Tarentines entered Calabria with 3000 Thessalian horsemen and used Tarentum as rear headquarters for his war against the Romans until his departure in 275 BC. Chr.
Collection : Macedonian shield coins