2207 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (man-faced bull/Nike) (Siracusa, MA, 25072 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 12)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2207

438 BCE - 434 BCE | MEΣΣANION

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

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. Border of dots. In exergue, laurel leaf (?)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MEΣΣANION (Greek) Hare springing right. Below, olive spray? 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. 438 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 434 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kraay 1969, p. 145 et pl. 12, n° 6	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Caccamo Caltabiano 19931Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series XI, n° 415-424, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 784?
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano 1993.415-424

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:

Catana

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

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

^ 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.