2731 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (MacDonald coll., 37)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2731

450 BCE - 446 BCE | MEΣΣANION

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_163_-_Messana_(tetradrachm_biga-hare).jpg

Overstruck variety

Catane_(under_Messana).jpg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

163_Catana_quadriga-Apollo_(drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	MacDonald coll., n° 37

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Charioteer driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning mules with wreath. In exergue, leaf. Border of dots.

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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 446 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.4517.45 g <br />17,450 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 53-54, n° 37	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Caccamo Caltabiano 19931Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series VIII, n° 349-357, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 782
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano 1993.349-357

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga of horses right, above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KATANAIΩN (Greek) Head of Apollo right. (Visible: Most of outline of head, ear, laurel wreath).

Mint and issuing power

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

Catana

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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. 445 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 435 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG ANS 3 Sicily3SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1240-52, 1254, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 566-9, 571
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng ans 3.1240-1246 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng ans 3.1247-1251 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng ans 3.1252-1255

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ 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.
^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily