Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Lot 1986 SESSION 11 (7.30PM WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER) Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Estimate $4,000
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SICILY, Messana, (425-421 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.19 g), obv. **MES SANA* retrograde, biga of mules driven right by charioteer, wearing long chiton and holding reins in both hands and kentron in right hand, in exergue, two dolphins swimming snout to snout, rev. **MESSA N I ON*, hare leaping right, below a dolphin to right, (cf.S.851-2, Boston 292 [this obverse die], SNG ANS 363 [this obverse die]. Caltabiano 533). Well centred, good very fine and very rare.
Ex Anthony (Tony) Taylor Collection.^Noble Numismatics Sale 123, lot 2978. Previously George Mihailuk Collection, from Harry Larkin in the 1960s.
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