367, Lot: 25. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Nuceria. Circa 225-200(?) BC. Æ (15mm, 2.23 g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo left; grape bunch behind, pellet below / Horse left; pentagram below. HN Italy 2445; cf. SNG ANS 599; Virzi 365 (this coin). VF, green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 365.

Thomas Virzi (1881-1974) was an assistant to the renowned Dr. Jacob Hirsch and sold a portion of his renowned 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.