CNG 103, Lot: 70. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 460-456 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.36 g, 2h). Charioteer driving biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; olive leaf and berry in exergue / Hare springing right; A above. Caltabiano Series VI, 299 (D134/R125); HGC 2, 780; Randazzo 179–80 (same dies). VF, toned, a few small edge splits, minor doubling on obverse, flan flaw and slightly off center on reverse.

Ex Numismatic Fine Arts X (17 September 1981), lot 40.