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Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	200 BC - 186 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	8.51 g
Diameter	21.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 564913
References	BMC Greek# 85-86 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNS# 17 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG ANS 3# 1298-1301 Hyla A. Troxell; 1975. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 3. Bruttium-Sicily 1 (Abacaenum-Eryx). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Copenhagen# 203-204 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Puglisi# 146 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. , HGC 2# 624 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. , SNG Morcom# 557 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# 162 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland. , Virzi# 859-862 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , SNG Delepierre# 3739 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.

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Obverse

Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ

Reverse

Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia; monograms flanking.

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (200 BC - 186 BC)						$ 130	$ 150

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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 259 Lot 154	20 May 2023	VF	USD 149.90 (EUR 130.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 526 Lot 22	2 Nov 2022	VF	USD 100.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 90 Lot 103	18 Nov 2021	VF	USD 146.75 (GBP 110.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Nomos AG obolos 17 Lot 70	20 Dec 2020	VF	USD 400.90 (CHF 320.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 454 Lot 37	16 Oct 2019	VF	USD 575.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 47 Lot 125	28 Jun 2018	VF	USD 253.48 (GBP 190.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex L. Hamburger 98, 3 April 1933, lot 177
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	CNG Electronic Auction 381 Lot 53	24 Aug 2016	VF	USD 80.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 367 Lot 64	27 Jan 2016	VF	USD 190.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Thomas Virzi Collection = Virzi 862
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	CNG Electronic Auction 106 Lot 25	19 Jan 2005	VF	USD 141.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 114 Lot 44	26 May 2003	VF	USD 288.27 (EUR 250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions