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v45_0026 - SICILY - MESSANA Litra, (MB, Æ 24)

SICILY - MESSANA Litra, (MB, Æ 24) AU
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Type : Litra, (MB, Æ 24)
Date: c. 343-338 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Messine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 9,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Très beau portrait, de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection A. S.

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de la nymphe Messana à gauche.
Obverse legend : MESSAN(IWN]
Obverse translation : (des Mésséniens).

Reverse


Reverse legend : T SOUS LE BIGE.
Reverse description : Bige au pas à droite, conduit par la nymphe Messana drapée, tenant les rênes de la main droite et une grande palme de la main gauche.

Commentary


Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 388). Le revers est aussi très proche de notre exemplaire sans que nous puissions établir de liaison de coin pertinente.
Appears to be the same obverse die as the American Numismatic Society example (ANS. 388). The reverse is also very close to our example without us being able to establish a relevant die connection.

Historical background


SICILY - MESSANA

(4th century BC)

Messina was founded by the Chalcidians around 725 BC under the name of Zancle, sickle, a name that comes from the shape of the port of the city. The Samians, fleeing the Persian yoke, seized the city in 493 BC and kept it for four years until Anaxilas, tyrant of Rhegion, chased them away and renamed the city, Messina. Anaxilas and his son were overthrown in 461 BC and Democracy established. Messina was destroyed by the Carthaginians in 396 BC. Messina, after regaining some prosperity during the second half of the 4th century BC, was once again ravaged by an invader, this time- here, Oscan mercenaries who destroyed the city and massacred its inhabitants in 288 BC. The new masters, the Mamertines, maintained their autonomy under the control of the Romans until the 1st century BC. Coinage ceased in 38 BC.

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