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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3754804, member: 51347&quot;]Great write-up, and fun coins, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] Dude!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pyrrhos</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2018-6-16_15-5-32-png.788184/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Syracuse Sicily Pyrrhus Epirus 278-276 BCE AE Litra 11.4g 23.3mm Herakles Nemaean Lion scalp - Athena Promachos thunderbolt shield SNG Cop 813, SNG ANS 852</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/syracuse-sicily-pyrrhus-278-275-bce-ae-24mm-9-2g-herakleshd-athena-promachos-sg1213-le584-jpg.768683/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Syracuse Sicily Pyrrhus 278-275 BCE AE 24mm 9.2g HeraklesHd - Athena Promachos SG1213 LE584</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Etruria</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2018-7-1_9-26-6-png.794019/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Etruria 3rd C BCE AE 18mm 4.76g Hd African r Elephant r letter below SNG Cop 48 HNI 69 SNG Paris 138-140 SNG Morcom 44 RARE</p><p>(<b>Probably commemorating Pyrrhos&#039; - NOT Hannibals&#039; - elephants fighting the Romans...)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rr-ar-didrachm-275-270-bce-romano-apollo-galloping-horse-obv-rev-sear23-jpg.719446/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>AR Heavy Denarius / Didrachm</b></p><p><b>275-270 BCE (Rare)</b></p><p>17.7 x 20.7 oblong strike, 7.3g</p><p>OBV: ROMANO, laurel head of Apollo l</p><p>REV: Horse galloping r, star above</p><p>Crawford 13/1; Sear 23</p><p><br /></p><p><b>These were struck as a response to Pyrrhus&#039; invasion of Italy at the behest of Tarentum.</b> He was King of Epirus 306-302 BCE and 297-292 BCE; King of Macedonia 288-285 BCE and 274-272 BCE; and King of Syracuse 278-276 BCE... Known for the term &quot;Pyrrhic Victory&quot; during his battles with Rome. Even though the battles were won by him, the Romans inflicted such losses on his armies that he could not ultimately sustain war with them[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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