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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2270942, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/" rel="nofollow">http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/</a></p><p>I have a real love/hate relationship with this site.&nbsp; The author assumes you know enough to find the cities on his maps.&nbsp; If you just bought a coin of Sybaris as I did and if you know it was in Lucania and if you can find it on the map that comes up when you click on the first map --- then you can go see the coins.&nbsp; Sicily is divided into numbered sections so test yourself and see how many tries it takes you to find Syracuse.&nbsp; I love the information hidden in the inner reaches but really....</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes you can use the search engine but try the maps anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>Six of the coins on my Favorites page are from Magna Gracia.&nbsp; That is far more than the percentage of my collection from there.&nbsp; Here are a few</p><p><br /></p><p>Metapontum obol</p><p>[ATTACH=full]452457[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kroton stater</p><p>[ATTACH=full]452458[/ATTACH]</p><p>Velia stater</p><p>[ATTACH=full]452459[/ATTACH]</p><p>Syracuse tetradrachm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]452460[/ATTACH]</p><p>Akragas AE quadrans</p><p>[ATTACH=full]452461[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the lack of details but I&#039;m away from home and those interested can ask or look them up.&nbsp; The little computer does not have my new treasure from Sybaris yet so it is not here.&nbsp; I do not like the idea of a focus but if I did, Magna Graecia would be high on my list of candidates.&nbsp; They have thousands of coins I would like to have.&nbsp;&nbsp; A person could collect Syracuse by Boehringer numbers.&nbsp; That would be a set I could appreciate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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