367, Lot: 20. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Hipponion (as Vibo Valentia). Circa 193-150 BC. Æ As (25mm, 7.28 g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right; I behind / Thunderbolt; to left, Nike right, holding wreath, above I. Mensitieri 177c (D6/R5) = Virzi 257 (this coin); HN Italy 2262; SNG ANS 472-3. VF, green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 257.

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.