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Messana 420-413 BC AR litra 0.65 g 1.19 cm 1.24 cm 8h

obverse: hare r springing, laurel leaf below, ivy leaf above
reverse: MEΣ laurel wreath around MEΣ
Caltabiano 428-429, Hoover HCS 814
s.a. Jean ELSEN n.v.auction 58 (1999) 836 

445-421 BC Hoover 814 with ref to Caltabiano 425-436, 448-460 and 471-460

Caltabiano                  obv. symbols   /rev.                       

308-316        460-456 BC   -              /MES retrograde
338-345        455-451 BC   letter         /MES retrograde and not retrograde
389-413        445-439 BC   leaf           /MES
425-436        420-413 BC   leaf(s)        /MES
448-460        433-429 BC   (leaf) letters /MES
471-476        428-426 BC   N              /MES