Caltabiano Plate Coin

445, Lot: 41. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 460-456 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 17.24 g, 2h). Charioteer driving biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; olive leaf and berry in exergue / Hare springing right; A above. Caltabiano Series VI, 297.1 (D133/R123 - this coin, illustrated); HGC 2, 780. VF, toned, some die wear on obverse, a little off center on reverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 190.