367, Lot: 74. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Messana. 338-318 BC. Æ (23mm, 10.67 g, 9h). Laureate head of Poseidon left / Ornate trident head flanked by dolphins; palmettes between tongs. Caltabiano 709.14 (D1/R1) = Virzi 1147 (this coin); CNS 12; HGC 2, 833. VF, chipped green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 1147.

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.