199, Lot: 37. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 425-421 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.30 g, 2h). The nymph Messana, holding reins in both hands, driving slow biga of mules left; olive leaf in exergue / Hare springing right; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano 493 (D201/R201); SNG ANS 357 (same obv. die). Near VF.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.