Ancients
SICILY. Messana. Ca. 480-456 BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.14 gm, 2h). NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5, die shift. Ca. 478-476 BC. Seated male charioteer driving biga of mules walking right / ΜΕSSE-Ν-ΙΟΝ, hare springing right. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG ANS -. HGC 2, -. Caltabiano -. Very rare and apparently two unrecorded dies.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 92 part 1 (23 May 2016), lot 118; Numismatica Ars Classica, Sale 5 (1992), lot 60
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 4000-6000 USD