‡ Sicily, Zankle-Messana, drachm, c. 520 BC, DΑΝΚ, dolphin swimming left within the sickle-shaped harbour of Messana, four buildings indicated on the wharf, rev., scallop-shell within incuse and relief pattern of triangles and squares, 5.76g (Gielow 21 = SNG Lockett 812, this coin; SNG ANS 296, same dies; BMC 1), fine toning, good very fine and the rare early issue Provenance: Sir Arthur J. Evans collection (‘Well-known Archaeologist and Traveller’), Sotheby’s, 20 January 1898, lot 62; G. Empedokles collection; R.C. Lockett collection, Glendining, 25 October 1955, lot 694; Sotheby’s, 26 March 1987, lot 353; Leu Numismatics 77, 11 May 2000, lot 89; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 5000-7000