1793 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Acireale, Pennisi coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 5)

Coin reference:	Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, i, Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° x, Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 14c, pl. XVIII, n° 5	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, i, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° x, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 14c, pl. XVIII, n° 5, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 331-2, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, Series VII, n° 322-333, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6HGC 2, n° 782
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano 1993.322-337

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll

AΘE (Greek) Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square

Mint ^ᵖ:

Attica

From 480 BCE to 440 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

tetradrachm

Attic

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.starr 1970.ii.tetradrachm

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
^ 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.
^ 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.