GREEK COINS
Zankle-Messana
Tetradrachm circa 412-408, AR 17.18 g. Slow biga of mules driven l. by female charioteer, wearing long chiton and holding reins in both hands and kentron in r.; above, Nike flying r. to crown her. In exergue, two dolphins swimming snout to snout. Rev. ΜΕΣ − Σ − ΑΝ − ΙΟΝ Hare leaping l.; below, head of Pan l. SNG Copenhagen 406 (these dies). Jameson 654 (these dies). Caltabiano 608.
Rare. Light old cabinet tone and good very fine
From the collection of a Swiss lawyer purchased in the 1980s and the early 1990s.