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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2947828, member: 51347&quot;][USER=83175]@akeady[/USER] ... gobsmacked... ALL of them are GREAT.&nbsp; You collect very much the same as I, and I enjoy EVERYone of your Top 11... in fact, would love to see all the ones you captured this year!&nbsp; Great job!&nbsp; LOL, that is why we have &quot;bumped&quot; into each other in a couple auctions.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; You have Good Taste.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a RR Didrachm that I enjoy that fits with your Didrachm buddy:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]719446[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>AR Didrachm (Pre-Denarius Coinage)</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>These were struck as a response to Pyrrhus&#039; invasion of Italy at the behest of Tarentum. 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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