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                        Lot: 29

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                        SICILY: Messana. Ca. 410-405 BC. AR tetradrachm (17.41 
                        gm).

                        SICILY. Messana. Ca. 410-405 BC. Silver tetradrachm 
                        (17.41 gm). Charioteer driving slow mule biga right, 
                        above Nike flying right to crown mules, laurel leaf and 
                        berry in exergue / [M]ES-S-A-N-IO-N, hare leaping right 
                        above dolphin leaping left. Caltabiano 493 (D201/R201). 
                        Jameson 649 (same dies). Obverse struck from rusty die, 
                        the hare on reverse remarkably well-detailed. Good 
                        extremely fine 

                        Caltabiano dated her Series XIII, to which this coin 
                        belongs, to the years ca. 425-421 BC. Her study was 
                        reviewed by C. Boehringer in SNR 78 (1999), pp. 171-190. 
                        Boehringer noted an obverse die link between Series XIII 
                        and Series XV, dated 412-408 BC. After reviewing the 
                        relevant hoard evidence, he proposed markedly lower 
                        dates for Series XII-XV. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 2,500 




...Lot was unsold.
 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).