Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4464 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $850
SICILY, Messana, (450-446 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.05 g), issued 455-451 B.C., obv. biga of mules driven to right by seated male charioteer, Nike flying above crowning horses, in exergue bay leaf with fruit, rev. MESSAN I ON (S letters reversed), hare running to right, B above, (cf.S.847, Caltabiano 323 [obv.die 142, rev. die 134, Randazzo 184 [same dies], SNG Cop. 394 [same dies], Caltabiano notes and records 12 coins from these dies]). Nearly very fine and rare.
Ex Decades Collection.
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Estimate $300
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