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Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	190 BC - 186 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	6.37 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 564993
References	BMC Greek# 70-73 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNS# 10 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 196-197 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , HGC 2# 626 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. , Puglisi# 150 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 ANS 3# 1285-1288 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. , Virzi# 842 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , SNG Morcom# 560 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. , Mirone# 150-156 Salvatore Mirone. “Le monete dell’ antica Catana” = “The coins of ancient Catana” (2 articles).

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Obverse

Wreathed head of Dionysos right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΛΑΣΙΟ

Reverse

The brothers Amphinomos and Anapias advancing left and right, carrying their father and mother.

Script: Greek

Lettering: KATANAIΩN

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (190 BC - 186 BC)						$ 77	$ 160

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Past sales

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	CNG Electronic Auction 327 Lot 454	28 May 2014	XF	USD 800.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 569 Lot 10	28 Aug 2024	VF	USD 170.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Edgar L. Owen Auction 46 (24 February 2000), lot 3954
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	CNG Electronic Auction 138 Lot 27	26 Apr 2006	VF	USD 142.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Thomas Virzi Collection = Virzi 842
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	Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection Lot 335	8 Sep 2022	F	USD 60.43 (GBP 45.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 77 Lot 289	1 Dec 2019	F	USD 100.71 (GBP 75.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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