367, Lot: 17. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Hipponion. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. Æ (19mm, 5.33 g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Amphora; kerykeion to right. HN Italy 2249; SNG ANS 455-6; Virzi 253 (this coin). Fine, green patina, flan crack. Rare.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 253.

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.