Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 85. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 470-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.11 g, 9h). Charioteer driving biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning mules; leaf with fruit in exergue / Hare springing right. Caltabiano series VI, 170 (D95/R98); SNG ANS 315; SNG Ashmolean 1829 (same dies). VF, lightly toned.