Italo-Greek coins of southern Italy

Author(s): Alfred Watson Hands
Category: Coins & Currency
Publisher: Spink & Son LTD.
Publish year: 1912
ISBN: 9678000003157
Number of Pages: 230

One of the great advantages offered by the study of this series of Italian coins is the attainment of a clear perception of the relationship of the Roman coinage to that of ancient Greece. Many students of Roman coins neglect the literature connected with Greek coinage and thus miss the pleasure of tracing the steps by which the Roman coinage was evolved from that of the more ancient and artistic civilization of Greece. In this somewhat neglected corner of the numismatic field the student will not only find problems still unsolved but also many side lights which help to make more clear a somewhat dark and difficult page of history. To students and collectors whose means are limited this series offers the further advantage of a large number of coins which cost little money, and are easily obtained ; moreover it is in connection with the types of the common coins that some of these interesting problems arise, and the relation between the Greek and Roman series may best be illustrated.

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Italo-Greek coins of southern Italy

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