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- ID: 936
Submitter: Federico Pastrone
Added: 2001-04-06
SICILIY.
Messana.
AR-Tetradrachm, 412/408 B. C.
Av.: Biga of mules to l., Nike with caduceus flying r., crowns nymph Messana. In exergue, fish to l..
Rv.: Hare to l., below, eagle to l. with snake in its talons.
17,41 h.
Ref.: BoC 13/1, 1988, p. 5, 4, cf. Caltabiano 627, the dies are directly copied from a specimen of the dies Rizzo, pl. 27, 9.
FAKE – a struck counterfeit.