E-auction 96-50014 - bgr_343480 - EPIRUS - KINGDOM OF EPIRUS - PYRRHUS Unité
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 39 € |
| Maximum bid : | 65 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 February 2015 15:01:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 295-272 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bombé bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure très importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine marron superficielle
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus de Dodone à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre horizontal dans une couronne de chêne.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ PURROU.
Historical background
EPIRUS - KINGDOM OF EPIRUS - PYRRHUS
(295-272 BC)
Pyrrhus (318-272 BC;) nephew of Alexander the Great was a great soldier and a multifaceted adventurer. Alternately, king of Epirus, of Macedonia, he finally found death fighting against Antigone Gonatas, the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes, brother-in-law of Pyrrhus. Better known in the West, he fought against Rome at the call of the Tarentines and won several victories, including that of Heraclea (a Pyrrhic victory) before being defeated at the Battle of Benevento in 275 BC, thus allowing Rome to complete the conquest of southern Italy. Pyrrhus, son-in-law of Agathocles also intervenes in Sicily by driving out the Carthaginians. Finally, he retired to Greece before wanting to conquer the Peloponnese and dying there..
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