SICILY, Syracuse. The Syracusan Democracy. 214-212 BC. AR 10 Litrai (8.46
 gm). Head of Persephone left, wearing earring, necklace and wreath of
 grain; torch behind / Zeus Strategos standing facing, head left, wearing
 himation and holding sceptre in right hand; XAP and eagle left,
 SURAKOSIWN right. Burnett, "The Enna Hoard," SNR 62, D38 (same dies); De
 Luynes 1394 (same dies). 

Choice EF, slightly double struck reverse.
 Extremely rare denomination. ($5000) From the William N. Rudman
 Collection. Ex Triton I (2-3 December 1997), lot 369. 
The Syracusan ruler
 Hieron II, a loyal ally of Rome, died in 215 BC while the Romans were
 locked in a life-and-death struggle with Hannibal of Carthage. His son,
 Gelon, had predeceased him so the throne of Syracuse passed to his
 grandson, Hieronymos, a youth of only fifteen. 
Principally in silver, with
 denominations based on the traditional Sicilian unit of the litra, the
 coinage of the Fifth Republic has some attractive and interesting types.
 This example - 10 litrae - has a reverse type which appears to
 represent the statue of Zeus Strategos which is mentioned by Cicero in II
 Verr. iv. 58 (cf. Historia Numorum, pg. 186-7).

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1248.
 
 Lot sold for USD  3000, plus buyers fees.