2731 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (MacDonald coll., 37)
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438 - 434 | MEΣΣANION
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Location/history
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 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. 438 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 434 | Classic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | 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.: 4 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 53-54, no. 37 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Caltabiano 19931Caltabiano 1993, series VIII, no. 349-357, 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. 782 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Quadriga right. Border of dots. (Visible: Central portion of horse's torso at angle across torso of mule). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KATANAIΩN 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 | Magna Graecia (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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm 
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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