367, Lot: 34. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Agyrion. Circa 440-420 BC. Æ Hemilitron (23mm, 15.44 g). Eagle standing left; olive-sprig above / Wheel of four spokes. Campana 1/40 (this coin cited) = CNS 2/21 (this coin, but incorrect illustration) = Virzi 721 (this coin); HGC 2, 49. Fine, dark green patina, roughness.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 721.

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.