Ancients => hey, there's a hare in my salad!!

How big was Rome in 480 BC?

It was my understanding that 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.

Here is my Hare coin:

SICILY, Messana
AR Tetradrachm
480-461 BC

17.21 grams, 25 mm.
Obv: Biga of mules (an apene) driven right by seated charioteer. Nike above crowning mules.
Rev: Hare bounding to right with spray of olive beneath. MEΣΣA.ИIOИ. (retrograde Ns)
Grade: a nicely toned Good Fine coin with claims to aVF.
Other: Similar to Sear 843 & 847. SNGANS.314. From Pegasi Jan 2014.

 

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hey => please don't shoot me ... I'm merely the messenger of these next "theories/hypotheses"

Hmmm? ... yah, I think I like the "Hares and Mule-chariots were really fast" theory a bit better than the hermaphrodite rabbit theory ...

 

very nice new coin stevex....good wagon buster. i'm still on for at least two more weeks..

stupid wagon.

well dang it...I don't have any hares..



here's my recent jovin pick up, it has a pretty nice wreath..

 

Those are charming coins, and a type I wasn't aware of. I need to hunt one down for myself.

 

Thanks for posting your coins, fellas!!

C89 => that's an awesome big Rabbit-Tet ya got there (I've always liked that baby)