ANCIENT GREEK COINS
SICILY | Messana
CNG_20220511
Lot 58 AR Tetradrachm, 17.22g
ex Hirsch XXXIII (1913); N.Davis; NFA XI (1982); MM FPL 513; NAC 88 (2015)
FROM THE AUCTION CATALOG
| House | Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, USA |
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| Date | May 11th, 2022 |
| Lot | 58 |
| Description | 412-408 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.22 g, 7h). Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow biga of mules left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in right hand and fillet in left; in exergue, two dolphins confronted / Hare springing right; below, youthful head of Pan right; MEΣΣ-AN-IΩN around. Caltabiano Series XVA, 611.5 (D219/R240) = Davis 39 (this coin); HGC 2, 795; SNG Ashmolean 1849 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1100 (same dies); BMC 50 (same dies); Jameson 655 (same dies); McClean 2396 (same dies); Nanteuil 302 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXVI, 13 (same dies); Sartiges 107 (same dies). Deep cabinet tone. VF. From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 88 (8 October 2015), lot 564; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 513 (August 1988), no. 7; Numismatic Fine Arts XI (8 December 1982), lot 28; Norman Davis Collection; J. Hirsch XXIII (14 November 1912), lot 387. |
| Issuer | SICILY | Messana |
| Metal | AR (Silver) |
| Denomination | Tetradrachm |
| Weight | 17.22g |
| Estimate | 3000 |
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| Currency | USD |
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SICILY | Messana
CNG_20220511
Lot 58 AR Tetradrachm, 17.22g