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| |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano_1993.27-226 | | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano_1993.27-226 |
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Revision as of 16:54, 1 August 2023
480 BCE - 461 BCE | MEΣΣANION
Overstriking coin
SO_167_-_Messana_(tetradrachm_biga-hare).jpg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Charioteer driving biga of mules right, holding reins. In exergue, leaf. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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MEΣΣANION (Greek) Hare springing right. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Messana
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Magna Graecia (Sicily)
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 461 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
- ^ 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.