445 BCE - 439 BCE- | MEΣΣAN-ION
Overstriking coin
Messana on Athens - Classical Numismatic Group, 118, 13 Sept 2021, 63.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Messana on Athens - Classical Numismatic Group, 118, 13 Sept 2021, 63 overstruck variety.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, 118, 13 Sept 2021, 63. From the Mercury Group Collection, purchased November 2007. Ex Lepczyk (24 February 1978), lot 371.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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MEΣΣAN-ION (Greek) Hare springing right, olive spray below
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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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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. 445 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 439 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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0217.02 g <br />17,020 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AΘE (Greek) Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Athens
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Attica
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and spread
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Athens (head of Athena visible on the reverse, portions of the owl visible on the obverse); very rare thus, Kraay (in Greek Coins and History) noted only 7 examples known."
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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.
