21095 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (quadriga) (Florence, MA = Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 15)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 21095

480 BCE - 426 BCE | MEΣΣENION

Images

Overstriking coin

Messana_Florence.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Muleteer seated, driving a biga left (two-mule chariot)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MEΣΣENION (Greek) Hare running left

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Messana

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 426 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° r, Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 9, pl. XVII, n° 15	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Kraay 19691Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° r, Garraffo 19842Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 9, pl. XVII, n° 15, Caccamo Caltabiano 19933Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series IIA-V, VI-VIII, X-XIII, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 779-786
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano 1993.415-424

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: traces of a quadriga to l. (Himera or Selinus)

References

^ Kraay, Colin M. (1969), "Fifth century overstrikes at Rhegium and Messana", in La circolazione della moneta ateniese in Sicilia e in Magna Grecia : atti del I Convegno del Centro internazionale di studi numismatici, Napoli, 5-8 aprile 1967, Roma, p. 141-150, pl. 12.
^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
^ Caccamo Caltabiano, Maria (1993), La monetazione di Messana. Con le emissioni di Rhegion dell’eta della tirannide, AMUGS XIII, Berlin-New York, xviii, 383 p., 94 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.