2430 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Oxford, AM - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 14)
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|Museum collection=Oxford, Ashmolean Museum | |Museum collection=Oxford, Ashmolean Museum | ||
+ | |Sale=Sambon-Canessa, 24 March 1902, 455 | ||
|Obverse description=Charioteer driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning mules with wreath. In exergue, leaf. | |Obverse description=Charioteer driving biga of mules right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning mules with wreath. In exergue, leaf. | ||
|Reverse legend=MEΣΣANION | |Reverse legend=MEΣΣANION |
Latest revision as of 14:57, 5 August 2023
450 BCE - 446 BCE | MEΣΣANION
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Oxford, Ashmolean Museum | Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Sambon-Canessa, 24 March 1902, 455 |
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. | 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. | 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. 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: 17.2217.22 g <br />17,220 mg <br /> | 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, n° q, Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n°, 8, pl. XVII, n° 14 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Kraay 19691 , Garraffo 19842 , Caccamo Caltabiano 19933 , HGC 24 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣEΛINONTIOΣ (Greek) Biga left in which stand Artemis shooting arrow and holding reins (visible: on the obverse, the spokes of the chariot wheel and the back of Artemis) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣEΛINOΣ (Greek) The river-god Selinos, naked, standing left, holding branch in right hand and a patera in left hand over an altar. In left field, in front of the altar stands a cockerel. In right field, a bull standing left on platform, above which is a selinon leaf |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Selinus | 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. 440 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 422 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: | Schwabacher 19255 , SNG Lloyd6 , Boehringer 19977 , HGC 24 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Kraay, Colin M. (1969), "Fifth century overstrikes at Rhegium and Messana", in La circolazione della moneta ateniese in Sicilia e in Magna Grecia : atti del I Convegno del Centro internazionale di studi numismatici, Napoli, 5-8 aprile 1967, Roma, p. 141-150, pl. 12.
- ^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schwabacher, Willy (1925), "Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Selinunt", Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, XLIII, p. 1-89, pl. I-III.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain Vol. 2 : The Lloyd Collection. Part 1-2 Etruria to Thurium, Part 3-4 Velia to Eryx, Part 5-6 Galaria to Selinus, Part 7-8 Syracuse to Lipara
- ^ Boehringer, Christof (1997), "Konkordanz und Nachtrag zum Muenzfund von Selinunte 1923 (IGCH 2084)", Revue Suisse de Numismatique vol. 76, p. 5-18, pl. 4.