444, Lot: 14. Estimate $300. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 450-446 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.10 g, 7h). Charioteer driving biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; olive leaf and berry in exergue / Hare springing right. Caltabiano Series VIII, 352 (D156/R145); HGC 2, 782; SNG München 646 (same dies); Randazzo 181–2 (same dies). Good Fine, toned, struck from worn dies, metal flaws.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 4 December 2003.