190, Lot: 18. Estimate $500. Sold for $445. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 465-462/1 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.92 g). Charioteer driving biga of mules right; leaf with fruit in exergue / Hare springing right. Caltabiano 210 var. (D-/R114, unlisted obv. die); SNG ANS -. VF, toned, some roughness.

The obverse die is remarkably close to Caltabiano D104, which the author views as a slightly earlier issue. It may in fact be D104 but the photo is a bit too fuzzy to be certain