406, Lot: 11. Estimate $750. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 425-421 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.35 g, 7h). The nymph Messana driving biga of mules right; above, Nike advancing right, crowning horses; laurel leaf in exergue / Hare springing right; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano Series XIII, 494 (D201/R202); HGC 2, 787; SNG Lloyd 1094 (same dies). Good VF, toned, areas of roughness and porosity.

From the WN collection, purchased from Noble numismatics, 26 August 2008.