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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3077080, member: 51347&quot;]Your contributions are great [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER] !&nbsp; Fun to have you around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now get back to work and start posting some more cool coins!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, here is a coin I captured the day you joined CT:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]774145[/ATTACH]</p><p>Syracuse, Sicily, </p><p>Pyrrhus of Epirus, 278 - 276 B.C.</p><p>Bronze litra, Syracuse mint, 11.5g, 23.3mm, die axis 270o,</p><p>Obv: head of Herakles left, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress; </p><p>Rev: ΣYPA−KOΣIΩN, Athena Promachos advancing right, hurling thunderbolt with right, shield in left</p><p>Ref: (From FORUM) Calciati II p. 321, 176; SNG Cop 813, SNG ANS 852; SGCV I 1214; HGC 2, 1451, VF/F, </p><p><br /></p><p>Comment: In 279 B.C., Pyrrhus&#039; forces, supporting the Greek cities of southern Italy, met and defeated the Romans at the battle of Asculum in Apulia. Pyrrhus, however, lost many men, several close associates, and all of his baggage. When one of his soldiers congratulated him on his victory, he famously replied: &quot;Another such victory and we are ruined!&quot; From this we have the term Pyrric victory, a victory achieved at ruinous cost.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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