367, Lot: 117. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE, Libyan Revolt. Circa 241-238 BC. Æ (19mm, 3.14 g, 1h). Mint on Sardinia. Wreathed head of Tanit left; Punic waw or kaf below chin(?) / Three grain ears; pellet-in-crescent above. CNP 696e; cf. SNG Copenhagen 252; Virzi 2227 (this coin). VF, dark green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 2227.

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.