SYRACUSE BRONZE AE15 – ATHENA / HIPPOCAMP ISSUE EX VIRZI COLLECTION ACQUIRED IN 1912 – GOOD VF GREEK SYRACUSE COIN (Inv. 19714)

$950.00

19714. SICILY. SYRACUSE.
Bronze AE15, 5.03 g, 15 mm. Struck under Dionysius I and Dionysius II, ca. 375–344 BC.
Obv. ΣΥΡΑ[ΚΟΣΙOΝ], head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Rev. Winged hippocamp swimming left.
HGC 2, 1456.
Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, Malloy XVII, lot 382 = ex E. Bissen Collection, Ars Classica XII, 10/18/1926, lot 982 (part of) = stated to have been acquired in Naples in 1912 (“Napoli 1912 Canessa” on circular tag).
Good VF, green patina, with Malloy paper envelope from the sale, as well as 2 circular tags, one noting the Bissen and 1912 Canessa pedigrees.