SICILY, Messana. Circa 425-421 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.13 g, 8h). Nymph Messana driving biga of mules left, holding reins; above, Nike flying right, crowning nymph; confronted dolphins below /
MES-S-AN-ION (retrograde), hare springing left; below, head of Pan left. Caltabiano 608 (D218/R237; this coin listed as speciemn 16); SNG ANS 370; SNG Copenhagen 406; SNG Lloyd 1101 (same obv. die). Near EF, deeply toned.
Ex Leu 2 (25 April 1972), lot 91; Hess-Leu 31 (6-7 December 1966), lot 117.
