Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Messana (Messina, Sicily).
Mint: Messana (Messina, Sicily).
Date: 433-429 BC.
Obverse:
Auriga holding whip and reins, while driving a chariot pulled by mules, right. Below, in exergue, a slender fish to right. Above the chariot, Nike flying left and holding wreath.
Auriga holding whip and reins, while driving a chariot pulled by mules, right. Below, in exergue, a slender fish to right. Above the chariot, Nike flying left and holding wreath.
Reverse:
Hare running to the right, under which appears the legend MEΣΣΑNIΩN. Letter Y above the hare. It has a dotted graphite.
Hare running to the right, under which appears the legend MEΣΣΑNIΩN. Letter Y above the hare. It has a dotted graphite.
Weight: 17.18 g -
Diameter: 28 mm -
Axes: 9 h. h.
Described in: Caccamo Caltabiano, M., 1993: "La monetazione di Messana con le Emissioni di Rhegion dell'eta' della Tirannide", AMUGS XIII, Berlin, series XI, no. 444.
Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., García Barrachina, A., Verdú Parra, E., Bayo Fuentes, S., 2010: "Catálogo. Antigüedad", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 96.
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., García Barrachina, A., Verdú Parra, E., Bayo Fuentes, S., 2010: "Catálogo. Antigüedad", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 96.
Monetary Inventory Number: 6273.
Purchase. Enrique Llobregat Collection
Purchase. Enrique Llobregat Collection
