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<p>[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 8336775, member: 84065"]Sicily. Messana, 420-413 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.00g, 11h). Obv: MEΣ-ΣANA (retrograde); the nymph Messana, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; in exergue, two dolphins confronted. Rev: MEΣΣA-NI-O-N; hare springing right; below, dolphin right. Ref: Caltabiano 537 (D212/R229); SNG ANS 362-4; SNG Lloyd 1091; BMC 40; SNG Lockett 825; Pozzi 1093. Near Extra Fine, even gray toning, minor die wear on obverse, slightly soft strike. Well centered on a broad flan. From the Semon Lipcer Collection. From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Nilus Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478104[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 8336775, member: 84065"]Sicily. Messana, 420-413 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.00g, 11h). Obv: MEΣ-ΣANA (retrograde); the nymph Messana, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; in exergue, two dolphins confronted. Rev: MEΣΣA-NI-O-N; hare springing right; below, dolphin right. Ref: Caltabiano 537 (D212/R229); SNG ANS 362-4; SNG Lloyd 1091; BMC 40; SNG Lockett 825; Pozzi 1093. Near Extra Fine, even gray toning, minor die wear on obverse, slightly soft strike. Well centered on a broad flan. From the Semon Lipcer Collection. From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Nilus Coins. [ATTACH=full]1478104[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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