284, Lot: 36. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 445-439 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.15 g, 7h). Charioteer driving walking biga right, holding reins with both hands; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; leaf with fruit in exergue / Hare springing right; olive spray below. Caltabiano 367 (D165/R152); SNG ANS 343 (same obverse die). VF, lightly toned, some roughness, worn reverse die.