SICILIA, Messana. Circa 438-434 BC. AR tetradrachm, (17,21 g). Seated muleteer driving mule biga left, Nike flying above and crowning mule; laurel leaf in exergue. MEΣΣA-N-ION, hare springing right. Struck with worn dies and obverse struck a little off centre. Double struck on obverse. A few die cracks. Lightly toned. A rarer type with few recorded specimens from the past 20 years of online auction records. Same dies as the one sold at Nomos, obolos 6, lot 166.