367, Lot: 125. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK. Magna Graecia & Sicily. Lot of five (5) bronze of Gela. Includes: (a) Circa 420-405 BC. Tetras or Trionkion. Bull standing left / Head of Gelas right. HGC 2, 379 // (b) As last, but bull right. HGC 2, 380; Virzi 976 (this coin) // (c) As last, but hair of Gelas flowing. HGC 2, 380; Virzi 974 (this coin) // (d) Onkia. Bull standing left / Head of Gelas right. HGC 2, 382 // (e) Circa 208-200 BC. Hemilitron. Wreathed head of Gelas right / Antiphemos about to sacrifice ram. HGC 2, 385; Virzi 1015 (this coin). Fine to VF condition. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 976 (coin [b]), 974 (coin [c]) and 1015 (coin [e]).

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.