Litra

Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	415 BC - 404 BC
Value	Litra (1)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	0.74 g
Diameter	12.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 169042
References	BMC Greek# 46-47 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG ANS 3# 1265-1269 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. , Mirone# 86-90 Salvatore Mirone. “Le monete dell’ antica Catana” = “The coins of ancient Catana” (2 articles). , HGC 2# 589 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. , Boehringer Katane# Li 6-7 Christof Boehringer; 1982. “Kataneische Probleme: Silberne Kleinstmünzen” = “Problems of Catana: Small Silver Coins”, Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of Numismatics, Vol. I: Ancient Numismatics, pages 71-83.

Obverse

(en) Head of Selinos left.

Reverse

(en) Upright winged thunderbolt with two shields flanking.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΚΑΤΑΝΕ

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (415 BC - 404 BC)							$ 230	$ 2300

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 26 Lot 129	21 May 2023	XF	USD 4054.47 (CHF 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Auction 120 Lot 52	11 May 2022	XF	USD 500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Katz Auction 177 Lot 27	6 Dec 2025	VF	USD 141.69 (EUR 122.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 171 Lot 1260	10 Oct 2025	VF	USD 222.98 (EUR 192.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Katz Auction 177 Lot 26	6 Dec 2025	VF	USD 189.30 (EUR 163.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 171 Lot 1259	10 Oct 2025	VF	USD 304.28 (EUR 262.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Noble Numismatics Auction 126 Lot 2553	23 Mar 2021	VF	USD 392.34 (AUD 550.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd
	CNG Electronic Auction 477 Lot 35	23 Sep 2020	VF	USD 225.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 36 Lot 87	30 May 2012	VF	USD 232.27 (EUR 200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Spink & Son Ltd., London - Numismatic Circular LXXXIV/2 (1976), 821; Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, Weil/Rh. 11 (Stuttgart 2002), 494
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	Hess Divo Auction 320 Lot 28	26 Oct 2011	VF	USD 405.45 (CHF 320.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Hess Divo