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Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	216 BC - 206 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	1.9 g
Diameter	12 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 565100
References	BMC Greek# 59-60 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNS# 23 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 188 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , HGC 2# 627 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# 141 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 Delepierre# 3723 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. , Mirone# 126-127 Salvatore Mirone. “Le monete dell’ antica Catana” = “The coins of ancient Catana” (2 articles). , Weber# 1277 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Hirsch# 351-353 Paul Naster; 1959. La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Jugate busts of Serapis, laureate and wearing atef crown, and Isis, wearing Isis headdress.

Reverse

Two grain ears.

Script: Greek

Lettering: KATANAIΩN

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (216 BC - 206 BC)						$ 64

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 77 Lot 273	1 Dec 2019	VF	USD 228.54 (GBP 170.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 310 Lot 123	23 Sep 2024	F	USD 34.89 (EUR 30.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 304 Lot 193	20 Jun 2024	F	USD 93.05 (EUR 80.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 78 Lot 174	17 Dec 2020	F	Unsold
© Roma Numismatics Limited