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Ancient Coinage of Epeiros, Kings, Pyrrhos


[BMC 18]

Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos, King of Epirus or Epeiros, 295-272 BC; of Macedonia, 274-272 BC; and of Syracuse, 278-276 BC

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AE20Pyrrhos AE 20 mm. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head back. TextImage
BMC 18Kingdom of Epirus, Phyrrhus AR Octobol. Head of Kore left, wreathed with grain, long torch behind / BASILEWS PYPPOY, Athena Alkis advancing left, brandishing spear in right hand & holding shield on left arm, star before face, thunderbolt in left field, E in right field. Jameson 1129, SNG Lloyd 1531. TextObvRev
BMC 40Epiros, Kings of. Pyrrhos. 295-272 BC. Æ 26mm. Diademed head of Zeus Dodonaeus right / BASILEWS PURROU, thunderbolt within oak wreath. TextImage
Liampi_M18bKings of Macedon, Pyrrhos. AE 16 mm. Struck in Pella. Macedonian shield, with monogram of Pyrrhos at centre / Helmet, beneath which BA - EI divided by monogram; all within oak-wreath. TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Pyrrhos
Search Pyrrhos at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Macedonia, Kings, Pyrrhos on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Pyrrus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Pyrrhos at AncientImports.com
Search for Pyrrhos at Incitatus Coins

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