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|Sale=Kölner Münzkabinett 109 | |Image overstriking coin=SO_161_-_Messana_(tetradrachm_biga-hare).jpg | ||
|Sale=Kölner Münzkabinett, 109, 16 Nov. 2018, 35. | |||
|Obverse description=Charriotter driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying left crowning the charioteer. In exergue, laurel leaf. | |Obverse description=Charriotter driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying left crowning the charioteer. In exergue, laurel leaf. | ||
|Reverse legend=MEΣΣANION | |Reverse legend=MEΣΣANION | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Hare springing right. Below, olive spray. | |Reverse description=Hare springing right. Below, olive spray. | ||
|Mint=Messana | |Mint=Messana | ||
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily) | |Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily) | ||
|Date from= | |Date from=460 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=456 BCE | ||
|Period= | |Period=Classical | ||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=16.24 | |Weight=16.24 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference=SNG ANS | |Coin series reference=SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 341.; Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series VI, n° 296-307 ; HGC 2, n° 780 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano_1993.296-307 | |||
|Overstruck mint=Athens | |Overstruck mint=Athens | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 10:07, 20 July 2023
460 BCE - 456 BCE | MEΣΣANION
Images
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SO_161_-_Messana_(tetradrachm_biga-hare).jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Kölner Münzkabinett, 109, 16 Nov. 2018, 35. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Charriotter driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying left crowning the charioteer. In exergue, laurel leaf. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MEΣΣANION (Greek) Hare springing right. Below, olive spray. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Messana | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 456 BCE | 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: 16.2416.24 g <br />16,240 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 341., Caccamo Caltabiano 19932Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series VI, n° 296-307, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 780 | |
| 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. 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ 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.
