Nomos AG
Auction 26 21 May 2023
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SICILY. Messana. 480-462 BC. Hexas (Silver, 6 mm, 0.09 g, 8 h). Head of a hare to right; border of dots. Rev. ΜΕ (retrograde) within a border of dots. D. Bérend Réflexions, p. 12 and pl. 2, 20 (this coin). Buceti 22. CC 280. Well-struck, clear and nicely toned. About extremely fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the collection of Leo Mildenberg.
This is one of the hares that were brought to Sicily by Anaxilas, and which have been there ever since. After the death of Axaxilas, and the expulsion of his descendants in 461 the lion's head was removed from Messana's coinage and replaced, as a city badge, by the hare.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the collection of Leo Mildenberg.
This is one of the hares that were brought to Sicily by Anaxilas, and which have been there ever since. After the death of Axaxilas, and the expulsion of his descendants in 461 the lion's head was removed from Messana's coinage and replaced, as a city badge, by the hare.