Triton XXII, Lot: 127. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Messana. 425-421 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.20 g, 3h). Charioteer, holding reins in both hands, driving slow biga of mules right; above, Nike Nike flying right, crowning mules with open laurel wreath held in both hands; in exergue, two dolphins confronted / Hare springing right; below, dolphin right; MEΣ-Σ-A-N-IO-N around. Caltabiano Series XIII, 489 (D199/R200); HGC 2, 787; Nantueil 299 (same dies); Ognina 144 (same dies); Ward 209 (same dies). Near EF, attractive deep iridescent tone.
Ex Peus 416 (28 April 2016), lot 43.