Pyrrhus (general, Aeacid king of Molossians, Macedonia and Epirus, 306-272 BC)
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Pyrrhus was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house (from c. 297 BC), and later he became king of Epirus (r. 306–302, 297–272 BC). He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome.
Die Studies
| Item | Image | MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. | WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locri Epyzephyrii (Pyrrhus), silver, tetradrachms (280-277 BCE) | 
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Silver | 1,702 kg |
| Syracuse (Pyrrhus), gold, staters (278-276 BCE) | 
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Gold | 5,438 kg |
| Syracuse (Pyrrhus), gold, hemistaters (278-276 BCE) | 
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Gold | 7,591 kg |
| Taras, gold, ogdoemoria (276-272 BCE) | 
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Gold | 508 kg |
Overstriking coins
| Item | Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin | MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. | DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2517 - Syracuse (octobol Persephone/Athena) over uncertain type (London, BM, 1987-4-14.2) | .jpg){kind=small}
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Silver | 278 BC JL | |
| 2528 - Syracuse (octobol Persephone/Athena) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Brussels, KBR, II 89507) | .jpg){kind=small}
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Silver | 278 BC JL | 
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| 2659 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/Athena) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Hirsch, 263, Sept. 2009, 2093) | .jpg){kind=small}
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Bronze | 278 BC JL | 
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| 2445 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/Athena) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Hirsch, 267, May 2010, 100) | .png)
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Bronze | 278 BC JL |
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| 2720 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/Athena) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, 52, Nov. 2018, 58) | .png)
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Bronze | 278 BC JL |
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| 2249 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/Athena) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Ebay seller variana museum, June 2018) | .png){kind=small}
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Bronze | 278 BC JL |
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Overstruck coins
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Pyrrhus 
| TypeType of authority. ᵖ | Person |
| Nomisma IDNomisma ID | pyrrhus |
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Literature
- Calciati 1986 (4 mentions)
- HGC 2 (4 mentions)
- Puglisi 2009 (4 mentions)
- HGC 3.1 (3 mentions)
- Sear I (3 mentions)
- BMC Thessaly (2 mentions)
- Callataÿ 2000 (2 mentions)
- Lecomte 1983 (2 mentions)
- RQEMH (2 mentions)
- Tsoukanelis 2010 (1 mentions)
- Fischer-Bossert 1999 (1 mentions)
