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Tetradrachm of Messana with biga of mules
Greek
Classical Period
430–396 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Messana (Zankle)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 17.19 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.102
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0292.
DescriptionObverse: Mule biga to right, driven by the nymph Messana, standing, in girdled chiton; reins in right hand and goad in left.
Inscription in Greek.
Plain ground line.
In exergue, two dolphins confronting horizontally.
Reverse: Hare leaping right.
Below, dolphin to left, horizontally.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Inscription in Greek.
Plain ground line.
In exergue, two dolphins confronting horizontally.
Reverse: Hare leaping right.
Below, dolphin to left, horizontally.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren