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|Sale=Kölner Münzkabinett 109 (16/11/2018), no. 35.
|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=455
|Date from=460 BCE
|Date to=430
|Date to=456 BCE
|Period=Classic
|Period=Classical
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.24
|Weight=16.24
|Denomination=Tetradrachm
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Standard=Attic
|Coin series reference=SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, no. 341.;Caltabiano 1993, series VI, no. 296-307;O. 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
|Coin series reference=SNG ANS 4 Sicily, 341.; Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series VI, 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
}}
}}

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2227


460 BCE - 456 BCE | MEΣΣANION

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_161_-_Messana_(tetradrachm_biga-hare).jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org 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 Nomisma.org
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. : Athens Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: