SICILY. Zankle (Messana). Ca 525-474/3 B.C. AR drachm. 4.32 gm. 18

SICILY. Zankle (Messana). Ca 525-474/3 B.C. AR drachm. 4.32 gm. 18 mm. Period I. Aiginetic standard. A dolphin swimming left in a sickle-shaped harbor; DANE below / An incuse of intersecting lines forming squares, a shell in the center. H. Gielow, "Die Silberpragung von Dankle-Messana," MBNG XLVIII (1930), Group 2, 6 (same obverse die). SNG ANS 296ff. SNG Munich 2002. Fine; edge chipped, 7 - 9 obverse; light porosity. Toned. Rare.Ex NFA October 1990:481. Dr. H. St. George Tucker collectionEx Coin Galleries, August 2009:4045 Ex W.B. & R.E. Montgomery Collection.