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367, Lot: 131. Estimate $150.
Sold for $211. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK. Magna Graecia & Sicily. Lot of four (4) bronze from Sicily. Includes: (a) Kamarina. Circa 420-405 BC. Tetras or Trionkion. Helmeted head of Athena / Owl grasping lizard. HGC 2, 551 // (b) Circa 339-317 BC. Æ 16.5mm. Helmeted head of Athena / Horse prancing, grain ear in exergue. HGC 2, 555 // (c) Katane. Circa 415/3-403/2 BC. Tetras or Trionkion. Head of Amenanos / Winged thunderbolt. HGC 2, 607; Virzi 804 (this coin) // (d) Uncertain. Head of Zeus / Warrior on horseback. HGC 2, –. Probably not Sicilian issue. 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), 804 (coin [c]).

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.