HistoricalCoins

SICILY, Messana. Circa 412-408 BC. AR Tetradrachm 

Charioteer driving slow biga of 
mules left, holding kentron in right hand, reins 
with both; in exergue, two dolphins vis-a-vis
Rev: MESSANION, hare springing left over horizontal 
barley ear; dove flying left above.  

SNG ANS 378; SNG Copenhagen 404; Caltabiano 614

Submitted by Pierre T. July 2009