CNG 88, Lot: 27. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 420-413 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.23 g, 9h). The nymph Messana driving slow biga of mules left; in exergue, two dolphins confronted / Hare springing left; grain ear below. Caltabiano 511 (D205/R211); SNG ANS 372; SNG Copenhagen 403; SNG Lockett 823; BMC 42; Ward 212; Kraay & Hirmer 55 (all from the same dies). Good VF, light toning around the devices, area of flat strike.