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Description: Ancient Greek Sicily Silver Tetradrachm Messana
Description: Ancient Greek Sicily Silver Tetradrachm Messana
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Item : 4470 Description
Description :  Ancient Greek Sicily Silver Tetradrachm MessanaObverse: The nymph Messana, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right, Nike flying right to crown mules; in exergue, leaf and berry right./ Reverse: MESSANION, hare springing right; below, fly right.
Authenticity:  Forgery - Published
Category :  Ancient Greek Sicily - CoinsSeries Date: 425 BCE - 412 BCE
Category DetailsSource
Category :  AncientSold as: Unknown
: GreekSource : IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 13 No.1 1988 Page 4 Fig 3 Entered by : Mac
: Sicily

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Key InfoItem Details
Region : Messana
Catalog Rizzo 1
Denomination : Tetradrachm
Weight : 17.2g
Content : Silver
Condemnation
This coin has been condemned by the IBSCC Photo/ by permission International Bureau for the Suppression of Counterfeit Coins. Refer Bulletin on Counterfeits reference above. Dangerous Counterfeit. Charot shape is different, Nike is smaller, letters are recut and therefore larger.
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