367, Lot: 111. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Tauromenion. Circa 200-186 BC. Æ (22mm, 8.68 g, 12h). Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Artemis standing left, holding patera and torch. Campana 29/1 (this coin) = BAR pl. XXXII, 18 (this coin illustrated) = CNS 28/4 (this coin, illustrated) = Virzi 2064 (this coin); HGC 2, 1594. Near VF, green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 2064.

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.