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

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
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:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: nb: dotted border visible

References

  1. ^  Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  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.