367, Lot: 19. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Hipponion (as Vibo Valentia). Circa 193-150 BC. Æ Semis (21mm, 5.16 g, 4h). Diademed head of Hera right; S behind / Double cornucopia; S and crayfish to right. Mensitieri 85o (D1/R2) = Virzi 270 (this coin); HN Italy 2263; SNG ANS 477 (same dies). VF, green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 270.

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.