21106 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (Vienna, kHM, 6956 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 3)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 21106

480 BCE - 426 BCE | MEΣΣAN-ION

Images

Overstriking coin

Messana_over_uncertain_Vienna.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Vienna, Kunsthistorische Museum, inv. n° 6956

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

The nymph Messana, holding kentron and reins, driving slow biga of mules right, above, Nike flying right, crowning horses, olive leaf in exergue

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MEΣΣAN-ION (Greek) Hare springing right, olive spray below

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:	Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 15a, pl. XVIII, n° 6	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Garraffo 19841Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 15a, pl. XVIII, n° 6, Caccamo Caltabiano 19932Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, Series IX, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 783
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano 1993.358-388

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: dotted border visible

References

^ 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.