480 BCE - 461 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. Border of dots.
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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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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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 461 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: 17.3817.38 g <br />17,380 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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Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, n, Kraay 1969, p. 145 and pl. 12, n° 2, Grose 1979, p. 281, n° 2381 and pl. 78, n° 12, Kraay 1969, p. 142, n° c, Garraffo 1984, p. 135, n° 1, pl. XVII, n° 7
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Noe 19571Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, n, Kraay 19692Kraay 1969, p. 142, n° c, Garraffo 19843Garraffo 1984, p. 135, n° 1, pl. XVII, n° 7, Caccamo Caltabiano 19934Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series IIA-V, n° 27-38, 46-84, 86-226, HGC 25HGC 2, n° 779
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of a lion facing
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ME-SSE-N-ION (Greek) Protome of a calf to left.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Messana
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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. 488 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 481 BCE
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Archaic until 480 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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stater
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References
References
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
