Sale: Triton V, Lot: 195. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana . Circa 407-396 BC. Æ Tetras (6.92 gm). MESSANION, hare running left; lagabolon above, locust right n exergue / Cuttlefish. Caltabiano 692/12 = Calciati I pg. 49, 2/1 = Virzi 1132 (this coin); SNG ANS 382-384; BMC Sicily pg. 107, 68; SNG Copenhagen 418; SNG Morcom 616 var.; Laffaille 175 var. Nice VF, dark green patina. ($200)

Ex Joel Malter Auction 1 (9-11 November 1973), lot 47; Tom Virzi Collection.