Coins of Magna Graecia. The coinage of the Greek colonies of southern Italy

Coins of Magna Graecia. The coinage of the Greek colonies of southern Italy

The works hitherto published on Greek Coins have been written by experts, and therefore it may seem fitting that some apology should be offered by one who, not being of that number, yet ventures to publish a work on this subject. The author offers this volume in the hope of supplying those who have but few books and little knowledge of the Classics with some help in the study of the Hellenic art and thought connected with coin-types. The coins issued from the Greek cities of Southern Italy may be used as a means of introducing some readers to a new world full of life, beauty, and suggestive thought, — the realm of Greek imagination.

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COINS OF MAGNA GRAECIA

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

NOTE

TARENTUM

METAPONTUM

SIRIS and PYXUS

SYBARIS

LAUS

POSEIDONIA

THURIUM

HERACLEIA

VELIA

CROTON

CAULONIA

PANDOSIA

TEMESA

MEDMA or MESMA

PAL-MOL

TERINA

LOCRI EPIZEPHYRII

HIPPONIUM

RHEGIUM

GUMAE

NEAPOLIS

WEIGHT STANDARDS

GREEK WORDS