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v55_0008 - SICILY - MESSANA Litra, (MB, Æ 24)

SICILY - MESSANA Litra, (MB, Æ 24) XF
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Type : Litra, (MB, Æ 24)
Date: c. 300-288 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Messine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, décentré au droit à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible. Frappe molle au droit sur la tête de la nymphe. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Pélorias à gauche, couronnée de roseaux ; devant, deux dauphins (non visibles sur notre exemplaire).
Obverse legend : PELORIAS
Obverse translation : (Pelorias).

Reverse


Reverse description : Hoplite (guerrier) nu, casqué, le bouclier sur l’épaule gauche, tenant une longue javeline transversale, la chlamyde pendant au sol.
Reverse legend : [ME]SSANIWN
Reverse translation : (des Mésséniens).

Commentary


Poids léger.

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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