367, Lot: 127. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK. Magna Graecia & Sicily. Lot of four (4) bronze of Syracuse. Includes: (a) Second Democracy. Onkia. Head of Arethousa / Octopus. HGC 2, 1434 // (b) Dionysios I. Litra. Head of Athena / Hippocamp HGC 2, 1456 // (c) Agathokles. Trias or Hexas. Head of Athena / Thunderbolt. HGC 2, 1509 // (d) Hieron II. Æ 17mm. Head of Persephone / Bull butting. HGC 2, 1497; Virzi 1924 (this coin). Fine to VF condition. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Four (4) coins in lot.

From the Edgar L. Owen Collection. Ex Thomas Virzi Collection (1881-1974), 1924 (coin [d]).

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.