Zankle-Messana, drachm, c. 520-500 BC, dolphin swimming left within sickle-shaped harbour of Zankle; above, DANKLE, rev., scallop shell within incuse pattern, 5.50g (Gielow 34; Rizzo pl. 25, 4; SNG ANS 298-303; Basel 359; SNG Lloyd 1076; Kraay-Hirmer 49), toned, one minor edge nick, about extremely fine. Provenance: Bank Leu 2, 25 April 1972, lot 88; Hermann Robinow collection, Morton & Eden 51, 24 October 2011, lot 38; Roma auction VII, 22 March 2014, lot 120.
(6000-8000 GBP)