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AR Tetradrachm 412-408 v. Chr. SICILIA (SICILY), MESSANA - MASTERPIECE OF ENGRAVER SIMIN - circa 412-408 BC vf/xf
Munthandel G.Henzen 
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27,00 mm
weight 16,84gr. | silver Ø 27mm.
obv. Biga of mules left, driven by female charioteer (Messana),
who goad in her right hand and reins in left, above Nikè flying right,
holding wreath in her right hand and kerykeion (caduceus) in her left,
fish swimming to the left in exergue, dotted border
rev. Hare jumping to the left, beneath, an eagle standing to the left
on a Corinthian helmet, devouring serpent, on the right the legend
MEΣΣANIΩN, dotted border.
Messana was originally colonized by settlers from Cumae and Euboea who named the city Zancle. It prospered for a couple centuries before it was captured by the tyrant Anaxilas in 490. Since Anaxilas was of Messenian descent, he changed the city′s name from Zancle to Messana, and populated it with new arrivals from Miletos and Samos. Amongst other things, the tyrant Anaxilas is credited with introducing the hare to Sicily. The obverse depicts a charioteer driving a chariot drawn by two mules (an apene). Apene races were first held at the Olympic Games around 500 BC. The tyrant Anaxilas, apparently had an Olympic mule-team victory in 480 BC and he commemorated it with this coin type. The design is associated with Messana and it was kept after Anaxilas′ death in 476 BC. The reverse depicts a hare jumping with the inscription ″MEΣΣANIΩN ″ (of the Messenians). The hare on the reverse may symbolize the speed of Anaxilas′ chariot, or it may symbolize some association with fertility and abundance. The hare may also be on the coin simply because hare hunts were a favorite aristocratic pastime. But most likely it refers to the god Pan, as the hare is an animal sacred to the god Pan. Messana had a temple in Messana and was widely worshipped there.
The dies of this coin are the work of a master engraver/die cutter. On some specimens there is a signature ″ΣIMIN″ in very tiny letters visible on the exergue line. On our piece this signature is not clearly visible, however, the dies for this entire issue were undoubtedly made by one and the same master engraver / die cutter, Simin. So also this piece can be attributed without doubt to the artist Simin. The style is certainly influenced by the Syracusian master engraver Kimon, who also had the trick, on occasion, of putting his signature on the base line in the same exposed position.
♦ higly important masterpiece of the artist engraver Simin ♦
BMC 56 | SNG.München 659 | Caltabiano, serie XV, 627-630
SNG Copenhagen - | SNG ANS 381 | McClean - | Weber -
Sear - | HGC 2, 803 (R2) | SNG.Delepierre - | SNG.Tübingen -
Pozzi 496 | Jameson 653 | Gulbenkian 226-227 | SNG Lloyd 1106
Rizzo pl. XXVII, 9 | Franke-Hirmer Pl.19, 59 | Woodward 71 RR
Wonderful, well centered example with beautiful tone. Very rare.
vf/xf
obv. Biga of mules left, driven by female charioteer (Messana),
who goad in her right hand and reins in left, above Nikè flying right,
holding wreath in her right hand and kerykeion (caduceus) in her left,
fish swimming to the left in exergue, dotted border
rev. Hare jumping to the left, beneath, an eagle standing to the left
on a Corinthian helmet, devouring serpent, on the right the legend
MEΣΣANIΩN, dotted border.
Messana was originally colonized by settlers from Cumae and Euboea who named the city Zancle. It prospered for a couple centuries before it was captured by the tyrant Anaxilas in 490. Since Anaxilas was of Messenian descent, he changed the city′s name from Zancle to Messana, and populated it with new arrivals from Miletos and Samos. Amongst other things, the tyrant Anaxilas is credited with introducing the hare to Sicily. The obverse depicts a charioteer driving a chariot drawn by two mules (an apene). Apene races were first held at the Olympic Games around 500 BC. The tyrant Anaxilas, apparently had an Olympic mule-team victory in 480 BC and he commemorated it with this coin type. The design is associated with Messana and it was kept after Anaxilas′ death in 476 BC. The reverse depicts a hare jumping with the inscription ″MEΣΣANIΩN ″ (of the Messenians). The hare on the reverse may symbolize the speed of Anaxilas′ chariot, or it may symbolize some association with fertility and abundance. The hare may also be on the coin simply because hare hunts were a favorite aristocratic pastime. But most likely it refers to the god Pan, as the hare is an animal sacred to the god Pan. Messana had a temple in Messana and was widely worshipped there.
The dies of this coin are the work of a master engraver/die cutter. On some specimens there is a signature ″ΣIMIN″ in very tiny letters visible on the exergue line. On our piece this signature is not clearly visible, however, the dies for this entire issue were undoubtedly made by one and the same master engraver / die cutter, Simin. So also this piece can be attributed without doubt to the artist Simin. The style is certainly influenced by the Syracusian master engraver Kimon, who also had the trick, on occasion, of putting his signature on the base line in the same exposed position.
♦ higly important masterpiece of the artist engraver Simin ♦
BMC 56 | SNG.München 659 | Caltabiano, serie XV, 627-630
SNG Copenhagen - | SNG ANS 381 | McClean - | Weber -
Sear - | HGC 2, 803 (R2) | SNG.Delepierre - | SNG.Tübingen -
Pozzi 496 | Jameson 653 | Gulbenkian 226-227 | SNG Lloyd 1106
Rizzo pl. XXVII, 9 | Franke-Hirmer Pl.19, 59 | Woodward 71 RR
Wonderful, well centered example with beautiful tone. Very rare.
vf/xf
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