A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...

84 PERIOD V. C.
Plate 46. 24. Pyrrhus, in Italy, B.C. 295-272. N. O^v. Head of Athena;
behind, owl. Rev. HYPPOY BAZIAEQZ. Nike, carrying
oak-wreath and trophy. Symbol, bucranium. Wt. 132-5 grs.
25. Pyrrhus, in Italy. A7. Ohv. Head of Artemis; in front,
torch. Rev.nyPPO\ BAZIAEHZ. Nike, carrying oak-wreath
and trophy ; star above her head. In field, thunderbolt. Wt.
65 grs.
26. Pyrrhus. M. Ohv. Head of Artemis ; at her shoulder, quiver
behind, thunderbolt. Eev. HYPPOY BAZIAEQZ. Similar
type. Wt. QQ grs.
27. Pyrrhus. M. Ohv. Head of Dodonjean Zeus, wearing oakwreath,
i^eu. BAZIAEHZ riYPPOY. Dione, seated on throne,
holding sceptre, and raising her veil. Wt. 258 grs.
Some of the coins of Pyrrhus were struck in Italy and
Sicily, and others in Epirus. A comparison of the head
on this tetradrachm with that on the coin of Locri,
V. C. 23, combined with the fact that these coins of
Pyrrhus are commonly found in the neighbourhood of
Locri, is strong evidence in favour of their having been
struck there.
28. Pyrrhus. M. Ohv. Head of Achilles. Rev. BAZIAEQZ
riYPPOY. Thetis, veiled, riding on a sea-horse, and carrying a
round shield. Wt. 130 grs.
29. Pyrrhus. M,. Ohv. Head of Persephone ; behind, amphora.
Rev. BAZIAEQZ HYPPOY. Athena Alkis, in fighting attitude.
Wt. 87 grs.
Pyrrhus crossed over into Italy in B.C. 280. In Italy
and Sicily he passed six years, returning to Epirus in B.C.
274. His Epirote coinage is insignificant, consisting
solely of copper.
30. Sicily. Syracuse. Hiero II., b.c. 275-216. N, Ohv.
Head of Persephone. Rev. lEPflNOZ. Nike, in biga. Wt,
65-8 grs.
31. Syracuse. Hiero II. M. Obv. Head of Hiero, wearing
royal diadem. Rev. BAZIAEOZ lEPONOZ. Nike, in quad-
riga. Wt. 428-4 grs.
This piece, of the weight of 32 silver litrae, is one of
the finest coins of the third century b.c.
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