367, Lot: 92. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Æ (22mm, 9.61 g, 2h). Struck circa 304-289 BC. Draped bust of Artemis Soteira right, quiver over shoulder / Winged thunderbolt. CNS 138; BAR Issue 20; HGC 2, 1537; Virzi 1708 (this coin). VF, green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 1708.

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.