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Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	216 BC - 206 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	4.67 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 564897
References	BMC Greek# 62-63 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNS# 22 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 190-192 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Delepierre# 3724-3725 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. , Puglisi# 142 Mariangela Puglisi; 2009. La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo: Circolazione e funzione della moneta = Sicily from Dionysius I to Sextus Pompey. DiScAM, Messina, Italy. , SNG Morcom# 561-562 Martin Jessop Price, John Morcom; 1995. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 10. The John Morcom collection of western Greek bronze coins. Oxford University Press, Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Laffaille# 163 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland. , Virzi# 825-826 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , SNG KIKPE# 197 Vasō Penna, Yannis Stoyas; 2012. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece / Volume 7. The KIKPE Collection of Bronze Coins. Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. , HGC 2# 609 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Obverse

Jugate busts of Serapis, laureate and wearing Atef crown and Isis, wearing signature headdress; X (mark of value) before, behind, usually, a symbol.

Reverse

Apollo standing facing, leaning on column, holding laurel branch and bow; quiver and omphalos to left.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

Comments

Mirone 132; Weber 1278.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (216 BC - 206 BC)						$ 67	$ 260

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton V Lot 180	16 Jan 2002	XF	USD 220.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen und Medaillen Auktion 76, 19-20 September 1991), lot 163 = Laffaille 163
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 100 Lot 26	28 Jul 2022	VF	USD 255.35 (GBP 190.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 105 Lot 679	21 Oct 2021	VF	USD 697.70 (EUR 600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	CNG Electronic Auction 367 Lot 61	27 Jan 2016	VF	USD 190.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Thomas Virzi Collection = Virzi 826
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 304 Lot 192	20 Jun 2024	F	USD 58.14 (EUR 50.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection Lot 322	8 Sep 2022	F	USD 67.20 (GBP 50.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 78 Lot 35	9 Feb 2020	F	USD 73.92 (GBP 55.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	CNG Electronic Auction 422 Lot 21	13 Jun 2018	F	USD 120.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 61 Lot 35	7 Jan 2018	F	USD 87.21 (EUR 75.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH