MESSANA SILVER TETRADRACHM – SPECIMEN WITH CICADA SYMBOL EX HIRSCH 1913 SALE – VF NGC GRADED GREEK SICILY COIN (Inv. 19214)

$9,000.00

19214. SICILY. MESSANA. Ca. 430–425 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.28 g, 25 mm.
Obv. ΜΕΣΣΑΝΑ, charioteer in biga of mules left, pair of facing dolphins in exergue. Rev. ΜΕΣΣΑΝΙΟΝ, hare springing right, cicada below.
Caltabiano, Monetazione, 516.18 (O205/R214) (this coin listed); SNG ANS 373 (same dies); SNG Lockett 824 (same dies).
Ex Vilmar Numismatics FPL VI, no. 8 = Peus 292, 10/25/1977, lot 5026 = Hirsch XXXIII (Collections of Baron Friedrich von Schennis from Berlin, Dr. B.K. [B. Körner] and a famous English Archaeologist [Sir Arthur J. Evans]), 11/17/1913, lot 378.
NGC graded VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 5/5, the early 1913 provenance listed on the holder; a scarce variety depicting the popular cicada control symbol.