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367, Lot: 124. Estimate $200.
Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK. Magna Graecia & Sicily. Lot of four (4) bronze from Bruttium. Includes: (a) The Brettii. Circa 214-211 BC. Æ Half. Nike / Zeus with cornucopia. HN Italy 1982 // (b) Hipponion (as Vibo Valentia). Circa 193-150(?) BC. Sextans. Laureate head of Apollo / Kithara. HN Italy 2266; Virzi 300 (this coin) // (c) Rhegion. Circa 351-280 BC. Æ 14.5mm. Lion mask / Laureate head of Apollo. HN Italy 2535 // (d) Terina. Circa 350-275 BC. Æ 14.5mm. Female head / Nike seated on cippus. HN Italy 2651; Virzi 469 (this coin). Average Near VF condition. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Four (4) coins in lot.


From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 300 (coin [b]) and 469 (coin [d]).

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.
From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 275.

Thomas Virzi (1881-1974) was an assistant to the renowned Dr. Jacob Hirsch and sold a portion of his renowned 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.