367, Lot: 43. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Akragas. Circa 338-317/287 BC. Æ Onkia (12mm, 1.71 g, 1h). Eagle standing left, head right / Crab. CNS 113; HGC 2, 152; Virzi 630 (this coin). VF, green patina. Rare.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 630.

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.