SICILY, Messana. 425-421 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.18 g, 10h). Charioteer, holding reins, driving slow biga of mules right; above, Nike flying right, crowning mules with wreath; in exergue, two dolphins confronted / Hare springing right; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano Series XIII, 497 (D202/R205); HGC 2, 787; SNG ANS 360 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1092 (same dies); SNG Lockett 827 = Pozzi 488 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II 293 (same dies); Rhousopoulos 188 (same dies). Attractively toned, area of minor roughness and minor flan flaws on obverse. Good VF.
From the Jim Gilman Collection. Ex William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 16 January 2002), lot 1190.