21061 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (NAC, 10, Apr. 1997, 118)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 21061


438 BCE - 434 BCE | MEΣΣENION

Images
Overstriking coin
Messana_over_Athens_NAC.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Messana on Athens - Classical Numismatic Group, 118, 13 Sept 2021, 63 overstruck variety.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : NAC, 10, 9 Apr. 1997, 118 = Triton, II, 1 Dec. 1998, 193 = Ira & Larry Goldberg, 117, 15 Sept. 2020, 2007.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Muleteer seated, driving a biga left (two-mule chariot) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: MEΣΣENION (Greek) Hare running left
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Messana Ancient regionAncient region. 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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 434 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.2817.28 g <br />17,280 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Caccamo Caltabiano 19931Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, Series X, n° 417 (D178/R170), HGC 22HGC 2, n° 779-786
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΘE (Greek) Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Athens Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on an Athenian tetradrachm"

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  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.