Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 131. Estimate $350.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $440. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, The Mamertinoi. Circa 288-278 BC. Æ Double Unit (7.72 gm). Laureate head of Zeus right; thunderbolt behind / Bull butting left; F above. SNG ANS -; Calciati I pg. 93, 6 = Virzi 1203 (this coin). Nice VF, dark emerald green patina. Rare. ($350) Ex Tom Virzi Collection (Bank Leu Auktion 6, 8 May 1973), lot 167.

From the David Freedman Collection.