Triton XIV, Lot: 30. Estimate $20000. Sold for $24000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Messana. 412-408 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.18 g, 10h). The nymph Messana, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules left; in exergue, two dolphins confronted / Hare springing left; above, dove flying left; grain ear below, MEΣΣANIΩN in exergue. Caltabiano 622 (D223/R248); SNG ANS 378; SNG Lloyd 1105; Rizzo pl. XXVII, 7 (same obv. die); Basel -; Gulbenkian -; SNG Lockett 831 = Pozzi 1094 (same dies). Choice EF, lightly toned. Sharply struck from fresh dies.