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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Messana |
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| Year | 425 BC - 421 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Reverse description | A hare leaping to the right in full gallop, rendered with great naturalistic energy characteristic of the Sicilian school of die engraving. Below the hare, in the lower field, a dolphin is depicted swimming to the right. The ethnic legend MESSANION is arranged around the design within a beaded border, with the letters distributed on either side of the hare. The composition exemplifies the high artistic quality associated with coinage from Messana during the late fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΕΣΣΑΝΙΟΝ |
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| Mintage | ND (425 BC - 421 BC) |
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