CNG 90, Lot: 355. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 425-421 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.09 g, 7h). The nymph Messana driving slow biga right; above, Nike standing right, crowning horses; ivy leaf with two berries in exergue / Hare springing right; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano series XIII, 488 (D223/R231); Dewing 652 (same dies); Hunterian 10 (same dies). Good VF, toned.

From the Deyo Collection. Ex Frank J. Novak Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXXI, 9 September 1994), lot 76.