Oslo Myntgalleri AS
Auction 25 8-9 May 2021
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SICILIA, Messana. Circa 438-434 BC. AR tetradrachm, (17,21 g). Seated muleteer driving mule biga left, Nike flying above and crowning mule; laurel leaf in exergue. MEΣΣA-N-ION, hare springing right. Struck with worn dies and obverse struck a little off centre. Double struck on obverse. A few die cracks. Lightly toned. A rarer type with few recorded specimens from the past 20 years of online auction records. Same dies as the one sold at Nomos, obolos 6, lot 166. Caltabiano 422 (possibly same dies), HGC 2, 785 var., Grade:1+/01