294, Lot: 56. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 478-476 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.69 g, 7h). Charioteer driving biga of mules right; olive leaf and berry in exergue / Hare springing right. Caltabiano Series IIB, 77 (D41/R40); SNG ANS 318 (same rev. die); Hunterian 3 (same dies); Randazzo 105–6 (same dies). VF, toned, die breaks on obverse, slight roughness and minor deposits on reverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection.