Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 132 30-31 May 2022
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Messana
Tetradrachm circa 412-408, AR 16.91 g. Biga of mules driven l. by nymph Messana; above, Nike flying r. to crown the nymph. In exergue, two dolphins, snout to snout. Rev. ΜΕΣΣΑ – Ν – Ι – Ο – Ν Hare running l.; below, head of Pan l. SNG Ashmolean 1848 (these dies). Boston 293 (these dies). Caltabiano 606.
Very rare and in unusually fine condition for the issue. Lovely
iridescent tone and about extremely fine
Ex Beaussant Lefèvre 11, October 2011, 14 and NAC 114, 2019, 58 sales. Privately purchased in Paris in 1938.
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Tetradrachm circa 412-408, AR 16.91 g. Biga of mules driven l. by nymph Messana; above, Nike flying r. to crown the nymph. In exergue, two dolphins, snout to snout. Rev. ΜΕΣΣΑ – Ν – Ι – Ο – Ν Hare running l.; below, head of Pan l. SNG Ashmolean 1848 (these dies). Boston 293 (these dies). Caltabiano 606.
Very rare and in unusually fine condition for the issue. Lovely
iridescent tone and about extremely fine
Ex Beaussant Lefèvre 11, October 2011, 14 and NAC 114, 2019, 58 sales. Privately purchased in Paris in 1938.
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