SICILY, Messana. 480-478 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.71 g, 10h). Charioteer, holding kentron in left hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right / Hare springing right; MESSE-NI-ON around. Caltabiano Series IIA, 45 (D21/R23); HGC 2, 806; SNG Fitzwilliam 1071 (same dies); BMC 80 (same obv. die); Hermitage Sale II 298 (same rev. die). Deep iridescent tone, some find patina, granular surfaces, minor cleaning marks under tone. VF. From the David Chapman Collection. Ex BRN Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 247, 12 January 2011), lot 11; Lanz 56 (13 May 1991), lot 53; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 2 (27 April 1984), lot 95. The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.Triton XXIX – Session One – Lot 1-301 will be held Tuesday morning, 13 January 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyers fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
