Sale: Triton V, Lot: 197. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana . Circa 338-331 BC. Æ Dilitron (15.22 gm). POSEI-DAN, laureate head of Poseidon left / M-E-S-S-AN-IW-N, ornate trident head, dolphin on either side. Caltabiano 710 (D2/R2) = Calciati I pg. 52, 12/3 = Virzi 1145 (this coin); SNG ANS 391 (same dies); BMC Sicily pg. 107, 73; SNG Copenhagen 420; SNG Morcom 617; Laffaille 176. Good VF, reddish brown patina. ($750)

Ex Tom Virzi Collection (Bank Leu Auktion 6, 8 May 1973), lot 159.