CNG 85, Lot: 190. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 412-408 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.45 g, 4h). The nymph Messana, holding kentron and reins, driving slow biga of mules left; in exergue, two dolphins confronted / Hare springing left; above, bird flying left; below, grain ear left. Caltabiano 614 (D220/R241); SNG Lloyd 1103; SNG Copenhagen 404; BMC 46; Weber 1428 (all from the same dies). EF, a few deposits.