Ex Virzi and Freedman Collections

CNG 97, Lot: 28. Estimate $500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Henna. Circa 339/8-335 BC. Æ Hemilitron (19.5mm, 12.89 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Demeter right / Head of bull facing slightly right, fillets hanging from horns; barley grain above. Castrizio Series III, 1, dies D3/R3, 2 = CNS (Henna) 3/11 = Virzi 935 (this coin); Campana 4 (this coin cited and illustrated); HGC 2, 394; Puglisi 70 (this coin illustrated); Rizzo pl. LIX, 16. VF, green patina.

From the Trinacria Collection. Ex David Freedman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 147; Tom Virzi Collection (Leu 6, 8 May 1973), lot 105.