Epeiros - king Pyrrhos - 280 BC - silver didrachm - head of Achilles - Thetis with shield on hippocamp - Berlin MK AM
<p>object type: Greek coin
- production technique: struck
- issuing authority: ruler: Epeiros, king Pyrrhos - ΠΥΡΡΟΣ
- mint: Lokroi Epizephyrioi (?)
- period / date: ca. 280 or 279-274 BC
- material: silver
- denomination: didrachm
- diameter: 24 mm 
- weight: 8.38 gr
- description obverse: head of Achilles wearing Corinthian helmet
- inscription (Greek): A
- description reverse: Thetis or one of the Nereids riding on hippocamp, carrying the new shield for Achilles
- inscription (Greek): ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ
- museum / inventory number: Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Altes Museum
- bibliographic / online references: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18203181">https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18203181</a>
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