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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2520252, member: 57495&quot;]I&#039;ve wondered a little about this provenance, having at least one coin that is from the Virzi collection.&nbsp; Does anyone know when the photographic prints of his collection of 2238 coins were published?&nbsp; On his website, Edgar Owen says &quot;<i>circa 1907 or before</i>&quot;, but on Douglas Saville&#039;s numismatic book site, a description of the set of prints notes that, &quot;<i>At the time of the 1973 sale, original photographs of this tremendous collection were issued by Leu in very few sets, and given out by the company only to their most major clients, as a permanent record of the whole collection, and were almost certainly produced by Sylvia Hurter, Bank Leu’s noted photographer of coins, and their specialist numismatist at the time of the sale.</i>&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>So, 1907 or 1973?&nbsp; And if it is 1973, then the provenance of the coins could likely just be narrowed to between 1907-1973.&nbsp; Also, would the record then include the coins that were dispersed in the 1907 Hirsch sale?&nbsp; Possible, since the photographs were of plaster casts of the coins, but does anyone know if it actually is the case that the record of the 2238 coins were of his entire collection?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-3-30_22-28-50-png.489692/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse</b></p><p><b>Hieron II (270-215 BC)</b></p><p>AE18. 4.08g, 17.9mm. SICILY, Syracuse, Hieron II, circa 275-269 BC. CNS 192; HGC 2, 1497; Virzi 1924 (this coin). O: Wreathed head of Kore-Persephone left. R: Bull butting left; club and AP monogram above, IE in exergue. </p><p><i>Ex Thomas Virzi Collection, no. 1924</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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