367, Lot: 68. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Kentoripai. Circa 208-200 BC. Æ (12mm, 2.02 g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Branch. Campana 7b/11 (this coin cited); BAR Issue 6 (this coin illustrated on pl. IV); CNS 10 iv 1/3 (this coin, illustrated); HGC 2, 639; Virzi 925 (this coin). VF, green patina.
From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 925.
Thomas Virzi (1881-1974) was an assistant to the renowned Dr. Jacob Hirsch and sold a portion of his collection of Sicilian and Southern Italian bronzes with that firm in 1907. Additional coins were sold privately after his death, as well as in Leu 6 (8 May 1973) and Malloy XVII (1 December 1980). The only complete record of his important collection is a series of plates illustrating 2238 pieces.