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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton X, Lot: 82. Estimate $4000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. 
Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 412-408 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.04 g, 12h). The nymph Messana, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules left; above, Nike flying right, holding in her extended hands an open wreath with which she crowns Messana’s head / MESSANION, hare springing right; below, hippocamp left. Caltabiano 599 (D215/R231); SNG ANS 380; BMC 155 = SNG Lloyd 1108; SNG Lockett 833; Boston MFA 296; Rizzo pl. XXVII, 1; Jameson 652; Weber 1427 (all from the same dies). Near EF, lightly toned, small scratch on reverse.