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367, Lot: 30. Estimate $150.
Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Rhegion. Circa 351-280 BC. Æ (22mm, 7.42 g, 6h). Facing lion’s mask / Laureate head of Apollo right; uncertain symbol (tripod?) behind. HN Italy 2534a; cf. SNG ANS 687; Virzi 397 (this coin). VF, pale green patina that is chipped in areas. Attractive obverse.


From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 397.

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.