318, Lot: 27. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 317-311 BC. Æ Litra (23mm, 11.71 g, 9h). Head of the nymph Messana left; trident behind / Biga of mules standing right, driven by Messana holding a long palm in her right hand, reins in left; T below. Caltabiano 789 (D3/R7); CNS I p. 53, 18 R1; SNG ANS 386; HGC 2, 831. VF, mottled red, brown, and black patina.

From the David Freedman Collection.