Messana

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 369

The mint at the ancient site of Messana in Sicily.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Messana, silver, tetradrachms (facing lion's head/prow) (494-489 BCE)		Silver	8,294 kg
Messana (Anaxilas), silver, tetradrachms (facing head of lion/head of calf) (488-481 BCE)		Silver	3,800 kg
Messana (Anaxilas), silver, litrae (facing head of lion/MES) (488-481 BCE)		Silver	118 kg
Messana (Anaxilas), silver, unciae (facing lion head/ME) (488-481 BCE)		Silver	19 kg
Messana, silver, tetradrachms (charioteer driving biga/springing hare) (480-461 BCE)		Silver	48,049 kg
Messana, silver, didrachms (charioteer driving biga/springing hare) (480-478 BCE)		Silver	434 kg
Messana, silver, litrae (springing hare/MES retrograde) (480-461 BCE)		Silver	732 kg
Messana, silver, tetradrachms (charioteer driving a biga/springing hare) (460-426 BCE)		Silver	20,338 kg
Messana, silver, litrae (springing hare/MEΣ in laurel wreath) (460-430 BCE)		Silver	1,305 kg
Messana, silver, hexantes (springing hare/ME) (460-426 BCE)		Silver	706 kg
Messana, gold, dilitrai (charioteer driving biga/springing hare) (455-451 BCE)		Gold	368 kg
Messana, silver, drachms (charioteer driving biga/springing hare in laurel wreath) (460-426 BCE)		Silver	418 kg
Messana, silver, hemilitrae (springing hare/ME in laurel wreath) (433-429 BCE)		Silver	53 kg
Messana, silver, tetradrachms (charioteer driving biga/springing hare) (425-396 BCE)		Silver	9,900 kg
Messana, silver, litrae (springing hare/MEΣ in a wreath) (420-413 BCE)		Silver	383 kg
Messana, bronze, tetrantes (female head/springing hare with three pellets) (420-413 BCE)		Bronze
Messana, bronze, hexantes (male head/springing hare with two pellets) (420-413 BCE)		Bronze
Messana, silver, drachms (head of Pelorias/standing Pheraimon) (425-396 BCE)		Silver	538 kg
Messana, bronze, hemilitrae (Pelorias/trident between two dolphins) (411-408 BCE)		Bronze
Messana, bronze, tetrantes (springing hare/octopus) (407/6-396 BCE)		Bronze
Messana, bronze, litrae (Poseidon/trident between dolphins) (338-275 BCE)		Bronze
Messana, bronze, tetrantes (Poseidon/trident between dolphins) (338-275 BCE)		Bronze
Messana, bronze, litrai (nymph Messana/charioteer driving biga) (317-311 BCE)		Bronze
H 26a - Messana, bronze, onkiai (317-311 BCE)		Bronze
Messana, bronze, litrai (head of Pelorias/standing nude warrior) (310/5-288 BCE)		Bronze
Messana, bronze, litrai (head of Pelorias/Nike driving biga) (287-279 BCE)		Bronze
Messana, bronze, litrai (Heracles/standing lion) (278-275 BCE)		Bronze
Messana (Roman Republic), silver, victoriati (Jupiter/Nike crowing trophy) (RRC 67/1 - 215 BCE)		Silver	3,332 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
21072 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Leontini (biga/Apollo) (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Aug. 2017, 20004)		Silver	480 BC JL
2207 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (man-faced bull/Nike) (Siracusa, MA, 25072 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 12)		Silver	480 BC JL
3588 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Messana (lion/calf) (Cambridge, FM, McClean 2381)		Silver	480 BC JL
21118 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 56, May 2019, 131)		Silver	480 BC JL
2224 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (CGB, MBS 27, Feb. 2007, 18)		Silver	480 BC JL
21106 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (Vienna, kHM, 6956 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 3)		Silver	480 BC JL
21080 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Messana (lion/calf) (Oxford, AM, 1825 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 8)		Silver	480 BC JL
21095 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (quadriga) (Florence, MA = Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 15)		Silver	480 BC JL
21068 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Leontini (biga/Apollo) (New York, ANS - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 11)		Silver	480 BC JL
21083 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (Siracusa, MA, 6503 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 10)		Silver	480 BC JL
2238 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (Hess-Divo, 325, Oct. 2013, 165)		Silver	480 BC JL
24987 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Numismatica Ars Classica, 146, May 2024, 2081)		Silver	478 BC JL
21090 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Oxford, AM, 1839 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 13)		Silver	460 BC JL
2227 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Kölner Münzkabinett, 109, Nov. 2018, 35)		Silver	460 BC JL
1793 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Acireale, Pennisi coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 5)		Silver	455 BC JL
2731 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (MacDonald coll., 37)		Silver	450 BC JL
2430 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Oxford, AM - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 14)		Silver	450 BC JL
3122 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over uncertain type (CNG, 100, Oct. 2015, 1270)		Silver	450 BC JL
21098 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Berlin, MK, Löbbecke coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 16)		Silver	445 BC JL
21101 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Oxford, AM, 1838 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 1)		Silver	445 BC JL
1180 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (CNG, 118, Sept 2021, 63)		Silver	445 BC JL
25879 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Nomos, 33, June 2024, 1033)		Silver	445 BC JL
21111 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Berlin, MK, Löbbecke coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 3)		Silver	438 BC JL
21061 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (NAC, 10, Apr. 1997, 118)		Silver	438 BC JL
21114 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Berlin, MK, 28360 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 4)		Silver	438 BC JL
2198 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 7)		Silver	438 BC JL
2396 - Zancle (AE Ares/eagle) (Mamertini) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 20, Jan. 2009, 8)		Bronze	275 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3588 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Messana (lion/calf) (Cambridge, FM, McClean 2381)		Silver	480 BC JL
21080 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Messana (lion/calf) (Oxford, AM, 1825 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 8)		Silver	480 BC JL
2369 - Rhegium (tetradrachm lion/Iocastus) over Messana (lion/calf) (Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer coll.)		Silver	450 BC JL
2153 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Mamertines (Man-faced bull/Nike) (NAC, 27, 12 May 2004, 71)		Bronze	352 BC JL
19439 - Abacaenum (AE Nymph/headed bull) over Messana (Poseidon/trident) (Artemide, EA 26, 2023, 137)		Bronze	338 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	messana
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Messana in Sicily.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	462538
Ancient regionAncient region.	Sicily Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: sicily
Modern countryModern country	Italy
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	38.192251° N, 15.556634° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Messana https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462538 http://sws.geonames.org/6948122/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x49637 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7003897

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Literature

• Arnold-Biucchi 1990
• Caccamo Caltabiano 1993
• Garraffo 1984
• Gielow 1930
• HGC 2
• Imhoof-Blumer 1878
• Kraay 1969

Authors

• John Penrose Barron
• Maria Caccamo Caltabiano
• Salvatore Garraffo
• Hertha Edith Gielow
• Colin M. Kraay