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Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	205 BC - 187 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	11.09 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 565002
References	BMC Greek# 87-90 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNS# 16 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 205 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Laffaille# 161 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland. , Virzi# 872 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , SNG ANS 3# 1302 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. , Puglisi# 148 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# 618 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. , Mirone# 178-183 Salvatore Mirone. “Le monete dell’ antica Catana” = “The coins of ancient Catana” (2 articles). , Hirsch# 370 Paul Naster; 1959. La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Radiate and laureate head of Serapis right.

Reverse

Isis standing facing, holding scepter in right hand; to left, Harpocrates standing facing, monograms in the field.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (205 BC - 187 BC)							$ 220	$ 600

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Electronic Auction 327 Lot 453	28 May 2014	XF	USD 575.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton XII Lot 82	6 Jan 2009	XF	USD 625.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Freeman & Sear FPL 7, Spring 2003, no. G33; Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen und Medaillen 76, 19 Sep 1991), lot 161; Münzen und Medaillen 68 (15 Apr 1986), lot 119; Tom Virzi Collection (Leu 6, 8 May 1973), lot 138 = Laffaille 161 = Virzi 872
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 245 Lot 193	10 Dec 2022	VF	USD 255.76 (EUR 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Mail Bid Sale 61 Lot 123	25 Sep 2002	VF	USD 110.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.