CNG 93, Lot: 60. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 425-421 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.05 g, 6h). The nymph Messana driving slow biga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; two confronted dolphins in exergue / Hare springing right; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano Series XIII, 491 (D200/R196); HGC 2, 787; SNG ANS 359 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1845 (same dies); Weber 1425 (same dies). VF, toned, some porosity.

Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange 87/127 (31 January 1996), lot 37.