MESSANA SILVER TETRADRACHM – EARLY CLASSICAL ISSUE PUBLISHED BY CALTABIANO – FINE NGC GRADED GREEK SICILY COIN (Inv. 16686)

$1,350.00

SICILY. MESSANA. Ca. 480-461 BC.
Silver tetradrachm, 17.32 g, 26 mm. Issue of 475-471 BC.
Obv. Charioteer in biga of mules right, olive leaf with berry in exergue. Rev. ΜΕϩϩE-Ν-ΙΟ-Ν, hare springing right.
Caltabiano, Monetazione, Series III, 122.2 (D64/R64 – this coin listed); HGC 2, 779.
Ex Peter J. Merani Collection, CNG E 343, 1/28/2015, lot 24 = Seaby’s Coin Bulletin 737, 1/1980, lot C10.
NGC graded FINE, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, Merani provenance noted on label, a circulated example of an early Classical issue that is published in Caltabiano’s work.