[coin size: 2.9cm/1.14"]
Material: Silver - tetadrahm.
Time period: 280-278 BC.
Ancient Greek silver tetadrahm coin, depicting the head of Zeus, wearing a wreath of oak leaves. The reverse side depicts the goddess Dione seated on a throne.
A tetradrachm silver coin from the reign of Pyrrhus I of Epirus. Pyrrhus I was a Hellenistic king and a military commander famous for his costly victories against the Roman Republic, which led to the term "Pyrrhic victory".
