MESSANA SILVER TETRADRACHM – PUBLISHED IN CALTABIANO AND EX CHRISTIE’S 1985 SALE – XF NGC GRADED GREEK SICILY COIN (Inv. 19914)

$3,950.00

19914. SICILY. MESSANA. Ca. 425–413 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.35 g, 26 mm.
Obv. ΜΕΣΣ[ΑΝΑ], nymph Messana driving biga of mules left, pair of facing dolphins in exergue. Rev. ΜΕΣΣΑΝ, hare springing left, stalk of grain below.
Caltabiano, Monetazione, 511.6 (O205’/R212), this coin listed; HGC 2, 790; SNG ANS 372; SNG Copenhagen 403 (same dies); SNG Lockett 823 (same dies).
Ex Gerald F. Borrmann Collection, acquired from Dr. Arnold Saslow in June, 1986; ex Christie’s 10/8/1985, lot 8.
NGC graded XF, Strike 3/5, Surface 4/5, “flan flaw,” traces of overstriking which NGC regarded as a planchet imperfection, golden iridescent highlights.