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                                733535. CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR 
                                Nomos (6.17 gm). Time of Pyrrhos. SOLD $450 

                              CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos 
                              (6.17 gm). Time of Pyrrhos. Nude warrior on 
                              horseback right; GU behind, ARI-[STI-P] below / 
                              Taras on dolphin right, holding arrow and bow; ĐI 
                              and elephant below. Vlasto 711 (same dies); SNG 
                              ANS 1081; HN Italy 999. Toned, nice VF, slight 
                              die-weakness. $450.
                              Rutter (HN Italy) notes that the elephant on this 
                              coinage symbolizes the fact that Pyrrhos was the 
                              first to use elephants in battle in Italy.


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From the CNG online Coin Shop, before May, 2004. By permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com.