Use this path for Greek colonial coinage in southern Italy, especially incuse silver, Tarentine horsemen, Lucanian and Brettian issues, and older Sambon or BMC Italy citations. BMC Italy is the broad catalogue base, while Sambon and Garrucci preserve older regional classifications and many references still encountered in sale catalogues.
Hands gives a quick interpretive overview of the southern Italian Greek colonies. Evans is the focused work for Tarentine horseman types, symbols, magistrates, and plate comparisons.
Recommended Works
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A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Italy Reginald Stuart Poole · 1873 · English · Regional and Civic Catalogue This volume catalogues the British Museum’s holdings from Italy, Etruria, Campania, Apulia, Lucania, Bruttium, and Magna Graecia. It concentrates on Greek, Italic, and colonial issues of... BMC Italy - 2
The Ancient Coins of Italy Arthur Sambon · 1903 · French · Specialized Corpus Sambon organizes the Greek and Italic coinages of ancient Italy by region and mint, discussing chronology, standards, types, and historical context with four plates. It is useful for... 4 plates Sambon - 3
The Coins of Ancient Italy Raffaele Garrucci · 1885 · Italian · Specialized Corpus Garrucci’s richly illustrated corpus surveys the coinages of ancient Italy from Etruria and central Italic peoples to the Greek cities of Magna Graecia, including cast bronze and early... Garrucci - 4
Coins of Magna Graecia: The Coinage of the Greek Colonies of Southern Italy Alfred Watson Hands · 1909 · English · Regional and Civic Catalogue Hands surveys the principal coinages of the Greek colonies in southern Italy, including Tarentum, Metapontum, Thurii, Croton, Sybaris, and neighboring mints. The work emphasizes... - 5
Italo-Greek Coins of Southern Italy Alfred Watson Hands · 1912 · English · Regional and Civic Catalogue Hands concentrates on the early Greek and Italic coinages of southern Italy, with particular attention to the archaic incuse tradition of Sybaris, Croton, Metapontum, Caulonia, and... - 6
The "Horsemen" of Tarentum Arthur J. Evans · 1889 · English · Specialized Corpus Evans develops a chronological and typological study of Tarentine silver distinguished by mounted figures, using style, symbols, magistrate names, overstrikes, and die comparison to... 8 plates Evans, Tarentum - 7
The Weber Collection: Greek Coins, vol. I Leonard Forrer · 1922 · English · Collection Catalogue The first Weber volume catalogues Sir Hermann Weber’s western Greek holdings, from Iberian and Gallic issues to Etruria, Rome’s Italian neighbors, Magna Graecia, and Sicily. Leonard... Weber I