Ex Moretti – Caltabiano Plate Coin

Triton XVIII, Lot: 370. Estimate $5000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 420-413 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.22 g, 7h). The nymph Messana, holding kentron in left hand and reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; MEΣΣA-[NA] above and before, two dolphins confronted in exergue / Hare springing right; MEΣ-Σ-A-N-IO-N around; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano Series XIV, 526.6 (D208/R223) = Basel 363 (this coin); SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd 1097; BMC 39 (same dies); Dewing 649 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XXVI, 3. Choice EF, attractive deep gray toning with golden hues around the devices.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Athos D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 363.