Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 142. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 445-439 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.15 g, 7h). Charioteer driving slow biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning mules; in exergue, leaf right / Hare springing right; olive spray below. Caltabiano 370 (D166/R157); SNG ANS 368; SNG München 641 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1837 (same dies). VF. Boldly struck and well centered.