450 BCE - 446 BCE | MEΣΣANION
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Charioteer driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning mules with wreath. In exergue, leaf.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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MEΣΣANION (Greek) Hare springing right. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Messana
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Magna Graecia (Sicily)
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 446 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.2217.22 g <br />17,220 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° q, Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n°, 8, pl. XVII, n° 14
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Kraay 19691Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° q, Garraffo 19842Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n°, 8, pl. XVII, n° 14, Caccamo Caltabiano 19933Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series VIII, n° 349-357, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 782
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΣEΛINONTIOΣ (Greek) Biga left in which stand Artemis shooting arrow and holding reins (visible: on the obverse, the spokes of the chariot wheel and the back of Artemis)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣEΛINOΣ (Greek) The river-god Selinos, naked, standing left, holding branch in right hand and a patera in left hand over an altar. In left field, in front of the altar stands a cockerel. In right field, a bull standing left on platform, above which is a selinon leaf
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Selinus
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 440 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 422 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:
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Schwabacher 19255Schwabacher 1925, n° 7, SNG Lloyd6SNG Lloyd, vol. V-VI, n° 1225, Boehringer 19977Boehringer 1997, p. 5-19, pl. 1, 14-15, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 1120
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| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
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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.
- a b 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.
- ^ Schwabacher, Willy (1925), "Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Selinunt", Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, XLIII, p. 1-89, pl. I-III.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain Vol. 2 : The Lloyd Collection. Part 1-2 Etruria to Thurium, Part 3-4 Velia to Eryx, Part 5-6 Galaria to Selinus, Part 7-8 Syracuse to Lipara
- ^ Boehringer, Christof (1997), "Konkordanz und Nachtrag zum Muenzfund von Selinunte 1923 (IGCH 2084)", Revue Suisse de Numismatique vol. 76, p. 5-18, pl. 4.
