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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;romismatist, post: 8207031, member: 44106&quot;][USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER], your first didrachm is of a reduced standard. The coin coincides with the arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy c. 280 BC at the request of the Tarentines, who needed to fight against Rome.&nbsp; His battle with the Romans at Asculum occured in 279 BC, from which the term &quot;Pyrrhic victory&quot; emerged. The Ionic column below the horse rider is sometimes viewed as a symbol of Pyrrhus. There are other didrachms with a small elephant in place of the column, which is seen as another Pyrrhic symbol.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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