367, Lot: 105. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Roman rule. After 212 BC. Æ (16mm, 4.32 g, 12h). Radiate bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder / Horus standing right, holding wreath and [branch]. CNS 238; BAR Issue 108; HGC 2, 1477; Virzi 1685 (this coin). Near VF, green patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 1685.

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.