Attractive for Issue

265, Lot: 1. Estimate $300. Sold for $680. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. The Mamertinoi. 211-208 BC. Æ Pentonkion (27mm, 11.68 g, 12h). Laureate male head (of Ares?) left / Horseman, holding spear and with drapery around left arm, leading horse left; Π to left. Särström series XI, A; CNS 25; BAR issue 24; SNG ANS 430. Good VF, greenish-brown patina. An attractive example of this scarce type.