Sicily / Messana




Modern Fake

Tetradrachm

Biga and hare type

Reference :
Weight: 17.15 grs
Metal: Silver
Diameter: 25.00 mm
Scarcity: Common

Obverse

Reverse

Bust

Anepigraph

Biga driven by a male character. Above, Nike flying and crowning the horses. At the exergue, a laurel leaf with a small bay.

MESS - ANION (latter half retrograde)

Hare leaping. Below, an olive branch with three leaves.

Picture of type

Photo of a coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221409, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.

Imitation of a Tetradrachm struck between 450 and 446 before Jesus-Christ, reference: Caltabiano 356. Coin sold in 2016, I found a real coin sold in 2007 by Gemini, LCC, that share the same dies of obverse and reverse. We also find on this fake, the same vertical line on the obverse and other defects. This coin has been copied from this copy! Link to the coin sold by Gemini, LCC: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=351707. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 12h, from London Ancient Coins.