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| Emittent | Messana (Sicily) |
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| Jahr | 411 BC - 408 BC |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reversbeschreibung | A biga of mules (the celebrated Messanian mule-car motif rendered in abbreviated form) is replaced here by a tall, elaborately decorated rectangular object identified as a kithara or lyre, depicted frontally with two curved sound-holes, flanked on either side by two dolphins swimming outward and downward, their bodies curving gracefully around the lower field. A palmette or floral device is visible beneath the central motif. The partial legend ΜΕΣΣΑΝΙΟΝ appears to the left in the field, denoting the civic authority of Messana. |
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| Auflage | ND (411 BC - 408 BC) |
| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Messana's bronze coinage of this period is inseparable from one of the most catastrophic military reversals in Greek history. The city had served as a staging point for Athenian forces during the Sicilian Expedition, and its aftermath — the annihilation of the Athenian fleet and army in 413 BC — fundamentally reshaped the island's political order. The small bronzes struck in the years immediately following reflect a city reasserting civic identity after extraordinary disruption.
The hemilitral denomination was a workhorse of daily commerce in Sicilian markets, too humble for hoarding and too practical to ignore.