367, Lot: 130. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK. Magna Graecia & Sicily. Lot of three (3) bronze from Sicily. Includes: (a) Entella. Late 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ 16mm. Head of Dionysos / Grape bunch. HGC 2, 241; Virzi 952 (this coin) // (b) Himera. Circa 415-409 BC. Hemilitron. Head of nymph / Mark of value in wreath. HGC 2, 479 // (c) Uncertain. Æ 14mm. Head of Herakles right / Eagle standing right, head left. HGC 2, –. Probably not Sicilian issue. Fine to VF condition. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Three (3) coins in lot.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 952 (coin [a]).

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.