CNG 94, Lot: 91. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 455-451 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.34 g, 1h). Charioteer, holding kentron in left hand and reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands; laurel leaf in exergue / Hare springing right; C above, MESSAN-I-ON (SS retrograde) around. Caltabiano Series VII, 329 (D145/R136); HGC 2, 781; SNG ANS 336 (same dies); Randazzo 198–202 (same dies). Near EF, toned, minor double strike, die break on reverse.