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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Messana |
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| Year | 455 BC - 451 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Reverse description | A hare leaping vigorously to the right in high relief, its elongated body and outstretched limbs conveying dynamic motion within a dotted border. The ethnic legend MEƧƧANION is arranged around the field, with the sigma rendered in retrograde form (SS retrograde), a characteristic feature of early Messanan coinage. The letter C (lunate sigma or koppa) appears above the hare in the upper field. The reverse die-work is of accomplished archaic Sicilian craftsmanship, consistent with the finest engravers active at Messana in the mid-fifth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (455 BC - 451 BC) |
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