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Tetradrachm of Messana with biga of mules
Greek
Classical Period
about 420–413 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Messana (Zankle)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 16.47 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.463
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0291.
DescriptionObverse: Biga of mules on groundline to right driven by standing figure in long chiton, holding goad and reins.
Inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Hare springing to right.
Below, dolphin to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Bearded border.
Round incuse.
Inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Hare springing to right.
Below, dolphin to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Bearded border.
Round incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 260); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren