21118 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 56, May 2019, 131)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 21118


480 BCE - 426 BCE | MEΣΣANION

Images
Overstriking coin
Messana_over_uncertain_Roma.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Roma Numismatics, EA 56, 9 May 2019, 131.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the estate of a Genevois collector, via Chaponnière & Firmenich SA

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Charrioteer driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying left crowning the charioteer. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: MEΣΣANION (Greek) Hare springing right. Border of dots.
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 WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.1917.19 g <br />17,190 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 314-320, Caccamo Caltabiano 19932Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series IIA-V, no. 27-38, 46-84, 86-226, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 779
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: no mention of overstrike

References

  1. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
  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.