Triton XVII, Lot: 54. Estimate $5000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 412-408 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.36 g, 4h). The nymph Messana, holding reins in right hand and kentron in left, driving slow biga of mules left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands / Hare springing right; in background, stalk of grain with three ears; MEΣΣANION within two parallel exergual lines. Caltabiano Series XV A, 600 (D215/R232); HGC 2, 794 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS 379 var. (same rev. die; leaf on obv.); SNG Lloyd 1107 = Rizzo pl. XXVII, 16 = Pozzi 1097 var. (same rev. die; same); BMC 54 (same dies); Ward 214 (same dies). EF, toned, underlying luster, irregular flan. Very rare.

Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 43.