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tunaonrye0 Registered User Registered: January 2004 Posts: 85 users gallery	Tarentum, Calabria Silver Nomos, Vlasto-789ff, Rutter, HN, 1013, struck 280-272BC Helmeted horseman riding left, holding two javelins and a shield ornamented with an eight-rayed star This Pyrrhic War issue was struck to a new weight standard, which dropped from circa 7.9 grams to 6.6 grams during Pyrrhus' war against Rome.
	· Date: May 18, 2008 · Views: 297 ·
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4to2centophilia

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Registered: February 2006
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May 23, 2008 8:51am

Rating: 10

Beautiful engraving and toning from a fascinating issue.

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