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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4905312, member: 57495&quot;]NASO would be the name of the Roman quaestor (related or perhaps even the same person as L. Axsius Naso, moneyer at Rome in 71 BC?).&nbsp; There are some others of the same type issued by other quaestors, like <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5231561" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5231561" rel="nofollow">MN ACILI</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7054405" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7054405" rel="nofollow">Q AVI</a>, and <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3333115" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3333115" rel="nofollow">CRASSIPES</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of Syracuse under the Romans.&nbsp; The style is decidedly less fine than what we typically associate with Syracuse, but I was attracted to it because of the unusual radiate bust of Artemis, as well as the Horus reverse, which suggests that Egyptian religion must have been vogue at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183386[/ATTACH]<b>SICILY, Syracuse (under Roman Rule)</b></p><p>AE20. 7.0g, 20.4mm. SICILY, Syracuse, after 212 BC. CNS 238; SNG ANS 1104-6; HGC 2, 1477. O: Radiate and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver at shoulder. R: ΣΥPAKOΣIΩN, Horus standing right, with solar disk on head, holding branch and wreath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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