Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 280. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 412-408 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.39 g, 4h). The nymph Messana driving slow biga of mules left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath; in exergue, two dolphins confronted / Hare springing right; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano 609 (D218/R239); SNG ANS 367 (same dies); BMC 48 (same dies); Boston MFA 294 (same obv. die); Jameson 654 (same obv. die). Superb EF, lightly toned, underlying luster, irregular flan, slight die shift and die break on reverse.