Tetradracma

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 gr. - 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.