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Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	205 BC - 187 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	2.18 g
Diameter	13 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 564909
References	BMC Greek# 57-58 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNS# 7 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 187 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , HGC 2# 615 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. , Virzi# 818-819 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , SNG KIKPE# 198 Vasō Penna, Yannis Stoyas; 2012. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece / Volume 7. The KIKPE Collection of Bronze Coins. Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. , Mirone# 122-123 Salvatore Mirone. “Le monete dell’ antica Catana” = “The coins of ancient Catana” (2 articles). , Hirsch# 349-350 Paul Naster; 1959. La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Head of Silenos to right, wearing ivy wreath.

Reverse

Grape cluster on stem.

Script: Greek

Lettering: KATANAIΩN

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (205 BC - 187 BC)						$ 56	$ 220

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 245 Lot 192	10 Dec 2022	VF	USD 220.98 (EUR 190.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG obolos 13 Lot 106	2 Jul 2019	VF	USD 950.01 (CHF 750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Triton III, 1 December 1999, 207
© Nomos AG
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 49 Lot 234	12 Nov 2017	VF	USD 174.76 (GBP 130.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 259 Lot 152	20 May 2023	F	USD 34.89 (EUR 30.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection Lot 323	8 Sep 2022	F	USD 127.71 (GBP 95.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 78 Lot 175	17 Dec 2020	F	USD 53.77 (GBP 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 83 Lot 339	6 Jun 2020	F	USD 56.46 (GBP 42.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	CNG Electronic Auction 218 Lot 66	9 Sep 2009	F	USD 60.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.