Coins of Magna Graecia

Hands surveys the principal coinages of the Greek colonies in southern Italy, including Tarentum, Metapontum, Thurii, Croton, Sybaris, and neighboring mints. The work emphasizes historical sequence, civic types, weight standards, and the distinctive incuse tradition, making it useful as an introduction to relationships among the colonies and to the older terminology used in regional catalogues. Its concise descriptions can also direct researchers to the principal bibliography available before modern die studies.

Because the work predates much of the modern archaeological, die-study, and provenance evidence, verify chronology, mint and ruler assignments, legend readings, authenticity, and present specimen locations against current corpora and databases.