Ex Moretti and Virzi Collections

CNG 93, Lot: 46. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Adranon. 354/3-345/4 BC. Æ Hemilitron (29mm, 27.67 g, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Kithara. Castrizio Series I, 1 (D2/R2 [unlisted die combination]); CNS 1; Puglisi 4; Campana 2; HGC 2, 37; Basel 245 = Virzi 521 (this coin). Good VF, green and brown patina. Rare.

Ex Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 271, 11 January 2012), lot 1 (sold for hammer $4250, but not paid); Athos D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 245; Tom Virzi Collection.