Tetradracma 433-429 BC

Full Iberian

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 the 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.
Weight: 17.18 g - Diameter: 28 mm - Axes: 9 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.
Monetary Inventory Number: 6273.
Purchase. Enrique Llobregat Collection