SICILY. Syracuse. Roman rule, After 212 BC. AE (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.31 g, 12 h). Laureate head of Zeus to left. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟCΙΩΝ Nike driving biga to right. CNS 227 var. (differing legend). HGC 2, -. SNG ANS 1066 var. (same). Rare with C instead of Σ in legend. An unusually well preserved example. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the collection of Dr. A. Drakul, ex Roma E-Auction 5, 8 February 2014, 190 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2011.