The medieval carlino silver currency in Calabria and Basilicata in the light of three hoards in the ‘Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia’

In this paper the authors present three hoards, a total of 147 coins, which are preserved in the Museo Nazionale in Reggio Calabria. They were all found fortuitously in the first half of the twentieth century, and have been known for some time thanks to the writings, amongst others, of Giuseppe Procopio, Lucia Travaini, and Daniele Castrizio. In this contribution, the coins themselves are analysed in unprecedented detail according to the most recent typological bibliography. In this way, the formation processes and the final depositions and abandonments of the hoards can be formulated with greater accuracy. A picture of high-level political decision making, and of perpetual conflict affecting these areas of the Regno, during a century from the last years of the thirteenth century, emerges. The three hoards are important in terms of coin issuance, especially that in the name of Robert of Anjou at the Naples mint, the usage and circulation of these issues, and contribution they can make to the convoluted (military) history of this most southerly area of the Italian mainland.