2731 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (MacDonald coll., 37)
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|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=163_Catana_quadriga-Apollo_(drawing).jpg | |Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=163_Catana_quadriga-Apollo_(drawing).jpg | ||
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− | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID= | + | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1941194&AucID=4571&Lot=66 |
|Private collection=MacDonald coll., n° 37 | |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. | |Obverse description=Charioteer driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning mules with wreath. In exergue, leaf. Border of dots. | ||
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|Coin series reference=Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series VIII, n° 349-357 ; HGC 2, n° 782 | |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 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano_1993.349-357 | ||
− | |Overstruck obverse description= | + | |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=KATANAIΩN | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
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|Overstruck mint=Catana | |Overstruck mint=Catana | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily | |Overstruck ancient region=Sicily | ||
− | |Overstruck date from= | + | |Overstruck date from=445 BCE |
− | |Overstruck date to= | + | |Overstruck date to=435 BCE |
|Overstruck period=Classical | |Overstruck period=Classical | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm |
Latest revision as of 11:52, 5 August 2023
450 BCE - 446 BCE | MEΣΣANION
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | MacDonald coll., n° 37 |
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. In exergue, leaf. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MEΣΣANION (Greek) 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. | 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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 446 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 | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.4517.45 g <br />17,450 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br /> |
StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 53-54, n° 37 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Caccamo Caltabiano 19931 , HGC 22 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | 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 | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KATANAIΩN (Greek) Head of Apollo right. (Visible: Most of outline of head, ear, laurel wreath). |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Catana | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | 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. 445 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 435 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm | StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG ANS 3 Sicily3 , HGC 22 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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.
- a b 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.
- ^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily