21095 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (quadriga) (Florence, MA = Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 15)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 21095


480 BCE - 426 BCE | MEΣΣENION

Images
Overstriking coin
Messana_Florence.jpg
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 426 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 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° r, Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 9, pl. XVII, n° 15 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Kraay 19691Kraay 1969, p. 145, n° r, Garraffo 19842Garraffo 1984, p. 136, n° 9, pl. XVII, n° 15, Caccamo Caltabiano 19933Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, series IIA-V, VI-VIII, X-XIII, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 779-786
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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. 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: nb: traces of a quadriga to l. (Himera or Selinus)

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  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.