SICILY. Messana. Circa 460-456 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26.5 mm, 17.23 g, 10 h), aegeae (?). Charioteer driving biga of mules walking to right; above, Nike flying to right, holding wreath; in exergue, olive leaf. Rev. MESSEN-I-ON Hare springing to right. Caltabiano 304a (D137/R130 this coin). Randazzo 177. Usual die break on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Triton I, 2 December 1997, 272 and from a Swiss collection, seen by Caltabiano before 1993.