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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;romismatist, post: 5375469, member: 44106&quot;]One of my collecting niches is the Magna Graecian coins of ancient Calabria&#039;s lesser known Messapian mints like Sturnium, Samadi, Hyria/Orra, Graxa and Uxentum. These are harder to find than the better known bronzes of Brundisium and the plentiful and well-known coinage of Tarentum, which include the &quot;Horsemen of Tarentum&quot; series, examples of which I see posted occasionally on these pages. I&#039;m also interested in the medieval coinage of Puglia (which used to be known as Calabria in antiquity - Apulia and Calabria were geographically switched around in the Middle Ages)... again, not just the major mint of Brindisi but also Bari, Barletta, and Lecce.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those of you interested in Magna Grecian and Italian medieval coins, Alberto D&#039;Andrea has released a ton of amazing books. These used to be in Italian but he has begun translating them into English. He has partnered with regional Italian experts to write them, and has a passion for detail (I think he&#039;s an architect by profession). He illustrates these works with photos from major auctions, private and public collections. Alberto&#039;s work on the Messapian coins, which I have owned for some time, is the most comprehensive of its kind that I have seen to date. I suspect that his works on other Italian regional mints like &quot;Sicilian coins of the Arabs and Byzantines&quot;, &quot;Coins of the Minor Mints in Campania&quot; (Volumes 1,2, and 3), &quot;Coins of Peucenzia&quot;, &quot;Coins of Daunia&quot;, etc. are all written with similar attention to detail.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The dog-eared copies I have are shown below. They are soft-cover and very detailed, and all in Italian, but are very affordable (something like EUR 16-20 each):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/75bb78_57554b283991454ab01e4da3d0830107~mv2_d_2306_3108_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_495,h_667,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/75bb78_57554b283991454ab01e4da3d0830107~mv2_d_2306_3108_s_2.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/75bb78_60b9a49a750642ab864c1dc58f6f3e41~mv2_d_1772_2452_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_482,h_667,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/75bb78_60b9a49a750642ab864c1dc58f6f3e41~mv2_d_1772_2452_s_2.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The full library can be found here: <a href="https://en.edizionidandrea.com/bookstore" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.edizionidandrea.com/bookstore" rel="nofollow">https://en.edizionidandrea.com/bookstore</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still waiting for this one to come out... it&#039;s in 3 volumes and has been in the works for a while. It was due to be released in 2020 but will likely be released this year. I have been working with Alberto on the translation into English and have finished the translation, it is likely in final editing. There is another one in preparation just for the Tarentum diobols as well which should come out sooner. Stay tuned...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/75bb78_7f379b3553b64ee6814bf4ff2e594947~mv2_d_3257_4737_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_727,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/75bb78_7f379b3553b64ee6814bf4ff2e594947~mv2_d_3257_4737_s_4_2.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/75bb78_189f809383e640e188b4b1a3fe6019f4~mv2_d_2009_2923_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_727,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/75bb78_189f809383e640e188b4b1a3fe6019f4~mv2_d_2009_2923_s_2.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/75bb78_130b7eb809f04a1d823e6dff4cb75cca~mv2_d_2001_2910_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_727,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/75bb78_130b7eb809f04a1d823e6dff4cb75cca~mv2_d_2001_2910_s_2.webp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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