View source for 2731 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (MacDonald coll., 37)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=SO_163_-_Messana_(tetradrachm_biga-hare).jpg
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=163_Catana_quadriga-Apollo_(drawing).jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Catane_(under_Messana).jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1941194&AucID=4571&Lot=66
|Private collection=MacDonald coll., n° 37
|Obverse description=Charioteer driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning mules with wreath. In exergue, leaf. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend=MEΣΣANION
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Hare springing right. Border of dots.
|Mint=Messana
|Ancient region=Sicily
|Date from=450 BCE
|Date to=446 BCE
|Period=Classical
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=17.45
|Axis=4
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 53-54, n° 37
|Coin series reference=Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series VIII, n° 349-357 ; HGC 2, n° 782
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano_1993.349-357
|Overstruck obverse description=Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga of horses right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands
|Overstruck reverse legend=KATANAIΩN
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Head of Apollo right. (Visible: Most of outline of head, ear, laurel wreath).
|Overstruck mint=Catana
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
|Overstruck date from=445 BCE
|Overstruck date to=435 BCE
|Overstruck period=Classical
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1240-52, 1254 ; HGC 2, n° 566-9, 571
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng_ans_3.1240-1246 ; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng_ans_3.1247-1251 ; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng_ans_3.1252-1255
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
|Level of confidence=sure
}}