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The Coinage of Sybaris after 510 BC by Colin M. Kraay. Numismatic Chronicle Reprint Series. Attic Books, Ltd., 1977. Softcover, 27 pages with two plates.
An intelligent look at the evolution of a Greek coinage from the Archaic to Classical era. Kraay presents some detailed excursions into the chronology of fifth century Italian coinage, especially Sybaris' relations with Croton, Laus and Poseidonia (Paestum), in the light of hoard, overstrike, and literary evidence. He even says why there is an acorn depicted at right.
An intelligent look at the evolution of a Greek coinage from the Archaic to Classical era. Kraay presents some detailed excursions into the chronology of fifth century Italian coinage, especially Sybaris' relations with Croton, Laus and Poseidonia (Paestum), in the light of hoard, overstrike, and literary evidence. He even says why there is an acorn depicted at right.
