1793 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Acireale, Pennisi coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 5)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1793

455 BCE - 451 BCE | MEΣΣANION

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Acireale, Baron Pennisi di Floristella coll.

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. 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. 455 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 451 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: 17.1517.15 g <br />17,150 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, i, Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° x, Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 14c, pl. XVIII, n° 5	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19571Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, i, Kraay 19692Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° x, Garraffo 19843Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 14c, pl. XVIII, n° 5, SNG ANS 4 Sicily4SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 331-2, Caccamo Caltabiano 19935Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, Series VII, n° 322-333, HGC 26HGC 2, n° 782
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano 1993.322-337

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Attica

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.starr 1970.ii.tetradrachm

Additional data

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

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