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Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	204 BC - 180 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	11.31 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 565057
References	BMC Greek# 91-92 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNS# 14 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG ANS 3# 1303-1304 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# 206-207 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Puglisi# 145 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# 619 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# 876 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , SNG Delepierre# 3740-3742 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. , de Luynes# 906-907 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , SNG Morcom# 558 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.

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Obverse

Janiform head of Serapis; monograms around.

Reverse

Demeter standing left, holding two grain ears and torch.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

Comments

SNG KIKPE 199; Mirone 184-186.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (204 BC - 180 BC)						$ 47	$ 130

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 17 Lot 127	14 Aug 2021	VF	USD 444.32 (CHF 350.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Aufhäuser 9, 7 October 1992, 21; Sternberg XX, 20 April 1988, 272
© Leu Numismatik
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 101 Lot 347	17 Jul 2021	VF	USD 53.82 (GBP 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 93 Lot 108	9 Jan 2021	VF	USD 134.56 (GBP 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	CNG Electronic Auction 474 Lot 22	12 Aug 2020	VF	USD 110.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Ponterio 108 (1 August 2000), lot 140
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 367 Lot 63	27 Jan 2016	VF	USD 100.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Thomas Virzi Collection = Virzi 876
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 327 Lot 452	28 May 2014	VF	USD 220.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 76 Lot 127	12 Sep 2007	VF	USD 375.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 91
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 61 Lot 122	25 Sep 2002	VF	USD 200.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Savoca Numismatik 305th Weekly Blue Auction Lot 22	31 Jan 2026	F	USD 41.89 (EUR 36.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 338 Lot 1494	26 May 2025	F	USD 40.73 (EUR 35.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts