2224 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (CGB, MBS 27, Feb. 2007, 18)
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480 - 461 | MEΣΣANION
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | CGB MBS 27, 18. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Charioteer driving biga of mules right, holding reins. In exergue, leaf. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MEΣΣANION 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. 480 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 461 | Classic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | ||
StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Caltabiano 19931Caltabiano 1993, series IIA-V, no. 27-38, 46-84, 86-226, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 779 |
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: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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
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: |