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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: 25 mm. Weight: 17.16 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.103
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0294.
DescriptionObverse: Nymph Messana, in a chariot, driving a pair of mules to left. Above, Nike flying to right to crown her with pendent wreath attached to taenia held in her left hand. In exergue two dolphins meeting.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Hare leaping to left. Beneath, head of Pan, to left, with two goat horns and a taenia; hair on forehead and neck in loose locks.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Same die as R265.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Hare leaping to left. Beneath, head of Pan, to left, with two goat horns and a taenia; hair on forehead and neck in loose locks.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Same die as R265.
ProvenanceMay 21, 1883, Rev. J. H. De Messine sale, J. Sambon, Milan, lot 155 [see note]. By 1900, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 – d. 1928), London; 1900, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession date: January 1, 1900)
Note: many thanks to Dr John Voukelatos for the De Messine provenance information.
Note: many thanks to Dr John Voukelatos for the De Messine provenance information.