238, Lot: 36. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 455-451 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.32 g, 2h). The nymph Messana, holding kentron in left hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; in exergue, leaf right / Hare springing right; crescent above. Caltabiano 329 (D145/R136); SNG ANS 336 (same dies). VF, toned, some porosity and deposits, reverse double struck.