Caltabiano Plate Coin

294, Lot: 244. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 475-471 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.36 g, 3h). Charioteer driving biga of mules right; olive leaf and berry in exergue / Hare springing right. Caltabiano Series III, 91.1 (D48/R48 – this coin, illustrated); SNG ANS –; SNG Manchester 421 (same rev. die). Good VF, toned. The only coin from this die pairing in Caltabiano.

Ex Elsen FPL 235 (January–March 2006), no. 9; Münzen und Medaillen 47 (30 November 1972), lot 419.