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

| MEΣΣANION

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Baron Pennisi collection

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 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.

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	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

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

S. P. Noe, "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7 (1957), p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, i)., Rizzo, pl. XXV, 12

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 780-783

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:

Messana

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Magna Graecia (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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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