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SICILY - Syracuse - Pyrrhus, king of Epirus (306-273), in Syracuse 278-276. ½ Gold stater (or decadrachm) n. d.. Head of
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SICILY - Syracuse - Pyrrhus, king of Epirus (306-273), in Syracuse 278-276. ½ Gold stater (or decadrachm) n. d.. Head of
Artemis to r., wearing pendant earring and necklace, quiver over l. shoulder; in field l., bunch of grapes. Rev.
BAΣIΛ-EΩ-Σ ΠΥPPOΥ Nike wearing long chiton, flying l., holding trophy in her l. hand, wreath in her
outstretched r. hand; in field l., thunderbolt. 4.24 g. BMC 4/5. Boston 470. Pozzi 1286. Sartiges 231. Very
rare. Small mark on rev. Extremely fine. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auction Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24. November 1994, lot 50.. Ex Auction Feuardent, Paris. May 1908, lot 274.. Pyrrhus, king of the Molossians in Epirus, married Lanassa, daughter of king Agathocles of Syracuse, in 295. In 281 Tarentum asked his aid against the Romans and he landed with an army of 25'000 men in Italy the next year. In 278 the Siceliotes asked his support against Carthage, then an ally of Rome, and Pyrrhus took over the island, acclaimed by all the Greeks as King of Sicily. He defeated the Carthaginians, pushing them back to Lilybaeum. He returned to Italy in 276 and eventually to Epirus.
Artemis to r., wearing pendant earring and necklace, quiver over l. shoulder; in field l., bunch of grapes. Rev.
BAΣIΛ-EΩ-Σ ΠΥPPOΥ Nike wearing long chiton, flying l., holding trophy in her l. hand, wreath in her
outstretched r. hand; in field l., thunderbolt. 4.24 g. BMC 4/5. Boston 470. Pozzi 1286. Sartiges 231. Very
rare. Small mark on rev. Extremely fine. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auction Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24. November 1994, lot 50.. Ex Auction Feuardent, Paris. May 1908, lot 274.. Pyrrhus, king of the Molossians in Epirus, married Lanassa, daughter of king Agathocles of Syracuse, in 295. In 281 Tarentum asked his aid against the Romans and he landed with an army of 25'000 men in Italy the next year. In 278 the Siceliotes asked his support against Carthage, then an ally of Rome, and Pyrrhus took over the island, acclaimed by all the Greeks as King of Sicily. He defeated the Carthaginians, pushing them back to Lilybaeum. He returned to Italy in 276 and eventually to Epirus.
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