Messene

Mints

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 301

The mint at the ancient site of Messene in Messenia.

Die Studies

Item	Image	Metal	Weight
S 383 - Messene, bronze (191-146 BCE)		Bronze
S 444 - Messene, bronze, hemiobols (191-50 BCE)		Bronze
S 445 - Messene, bronze, tetartemoria (191-50 BCE)		Bronze
S 446 - Messene, bronze, chalkoi (150-100 BCE)		Bronze
S 447 - Messene, bronze, chalkoi or fractions of the chalkous (150-100 BCE)		Bronze
S 448 - Messene, bronze, trichalka (10-35 CE)		Bronze
S 449 - Messene, bronze, hemiobols (30-64 CE)		Bronze
RQEM ad. 440 - Messene (Messenian League), bronze, trichalka (250-200 BCE)		Bronze
RQEM ad. 442 - Messene, silver, tetradrachms (200-150 BCE)		Silver	1,092 kg
S 439 - Messene, bronze, hemiobols (250-200 BCE)		Bronze
RQEM ad. 438 - Messene, bronze, chalkoi (400-200 BCE)		Bronze
RQEM ad. 437 - Messene, bronze, chalkoi (370/69-330 BCE)		Bronze
RQEM ad. 436 - Messene, silver, obols (370/69-330 BCE)		Silver	112 kg
RQEM ad. 435 - Messene, silver, triobols (370/69-330 BCE)		Silver	6,353 kg
RQEM ad. 434 - Messene, silver, didrachms (370/69-330 BCE)	File:RQEM ad 434.jpg	Silver	305 kg
Messene (Achaean League), silver, triobols (Zeus/Achaen League monogram) (150-40 BCE)		Silver	5,394 kg
Messene (types of Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (191-188 BCE)		Silver	391 kg

Overstriking coins

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Overstruck coins

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Description

Nomisma ID	messene
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Messene in Messenia.
Pleiades ID	570479
Ancient region	Peloponnesus Nomisma: peloponnesus, Nomisma: messenia
Modern country	Greece
Coordinates	37.050000° N, 22.000000° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Messene https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570479 https://sws.geonames.org/9300043/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x46113 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7010924

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Literature

• Grandjean 2003

Authors

• Catherine Grandjean