64, Lot: 52. SICILY, Messana. Circa 278-275 BC. 
Æ Litra (18mm, 6.74 gm). Estimate $200. Sold For 
$148 

SICILY, Messana. Circa 278-275 BC. Æ Litra 
(18mm, 6.74 gm). MESSANIWN, head of Herakles 
left, wearing lion's skin headdress / Lion 
walking right, left paw raised; club above, 
torch in exergue. Caltabiano 914 (D15(?)/R18); 
Calciati I pg. 55, 23; SNG ANS 396ff; BMC Sicily 
pg. 108, 79; SNG Copenhagen 426-427; SNG Morcom 
622; Laffaille -; Virzi 1158-1159. Good VF, dark 
green, almost black, patina. 
From the David Freedman Collection.


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