Litra

Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	405 BC - 402 BC
Value	Litra (1)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	0.77 g
Diameter	12.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 430274
References	BMC Greek# 49 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG ANS 3# 1270 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. , Buceti# 77 Giuseppe Buceti; 2010. Monete, storia e topografia della Sicilia greca. Plectica, Messina, Italy. , Mirone# 92 Salvatore Mirone. “Le monete dell’ antica Catana” = “The coins of ancient Catana” (2 articles). , HGC 2# 591 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 8 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. , de Luynes# 889 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 Copenhagen# 184 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Pozzi# 424 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland.

Obverse

(en) Head of a nymph to left, her hair bound in a sphendone.

Reverse

(en) Bull, with lowered head, butting to right; in exergue, crayfish.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

Comments

(en)

Rizzo pl. XIV, 24.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (405 BC - 402 BC)							$ 260

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 26 Lot 132	21 May 2023	XF	USD 2535.13 (CHF 2000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the collection of Leo Mildenberg
© Nomos AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 27 Lot 80	12 May 2004	XF	Unsold
Ex A.D.M. collection
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 436 Lot 75	23 Jan 2019	VF	USD 280.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 36 Lot 88	30 May 2012	VF	USD 209.17 (EUR 180.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 338 Lot 1485	26 May 2025	F	USD 58.10 (EUR 50.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts