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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8236909, member: 19463&quot;]Mine came from CNG in 2016 (note date suggests early 2nd century):</p><p><b>376, Lot: 338.</b></p><p><b>SICILY, Uncertain mint. </b>Circa 200-190 BC. Æ As (22mm, 5.32 g, 8h). Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / NA/SO in two lines within wreath. BAR Issue 37; CNS 71 (Panormus); HGC 2, 1690. VF, dark green-brown patina, minor roughness.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the RBW Collection. Ex Artemide Aste 19.1E (20 October 2012), lot 85.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449184[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/naso-history.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/naso-history.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/naso-history.php</a></p><p>I found interest in this link regarding the Sicilian town Naso referred to as having been founded in medieval times a thousand years after this coin.&nbsp; However they mention the founders being &#039;Nasidians&#039; leaving us to wonder where they originated. Nasidius is listed as a Sicilian family name.&nbsp; Like yours, mine remains cataloged as &#039;Uncertain, Sicily&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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