Watch List notes:

SICILY. Panormos (as Ziz). Circa 405-380 BC. Litra (Silver, 9.5 mm, 0.51 g, 10 h). Male head to left. Rev. Sys Man-faced bull standing left. BMC 27. HGC 2, 1047. Jenkins, Punic pl. 24, 14. SNG ANS 551. Very rare and toned. Light porosity, otherwise, about very fine.


The reverse legend Sys, written in Punic and only partially visible on our coin, was the native name of the city we know by her Greek name as Panormos.