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Didrachm of Messana with biga of mules
Greek
Classical Period
about 460 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Messana (Zankle)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 8.11 gm. Die Axis: 3
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.135
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 028.
DescriptionObverse: Male charioteer driving a biga of mules to right.
Ground line and border of dots
Reverse: Hare running to right.
MESSEN ION
Ground line and border of dots
Reverse: Hare running to right.
MESSEN ION
ProvenanceBy 1961: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 4, Pa.; February 8, 1961: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 462.50