367, Lot: 119. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ (18mm, 3.98 g, 2h). Mint on Sardinia. Struck circa 216-215 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left; Punic ayin below chin / Bull standing right; star above, Punic mem to right. CNP 377r; SNG Copenhagen 387–8 var. (letters); Virzi 2229 (this coin). VF, green-brown patina.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 2229.

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.