367, Lot: 80. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Panormos. Circa 208-180 BC. Æ (11mm, 1.25 g, 9h). Draped female bust left / Prow right. BAR Issue 20; CNS 44; HGC 2, 1090; Virzi 1325 (this coin). VF, green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 1325.

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.