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Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	186 BC - 170 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Brąz
Weight	5.53 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 564950
References	BMC Greek# 54-55 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNS# 9 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG ANS 3# 1274 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# 185 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , HGC 2# 625 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# 815 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , SNG Morcom# 553 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. , Mirone# 115-116 Salvatore Mirone. “Le monete dell’ antica Catana” = “The coins of ancient Catana” (2 articles).

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Obverse

(en) River-god Amenanos, holding rhyton, reclining left on amphora.

Reverse

(en) Caps of the Dioskouroi; lion's head below.

Script: grecki

Lettering: KATANAIΩN

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (186 BC - 170 BC)						$ 54	$ 70

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 304 Lot 199	20 Jun 2024	VF	USD 69.72 (EUR 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 123 Lot 55	30 May 2005	VF	USD 116.21 (EUR 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Auctiones eAuction 2 Lot 9	15 Jan 2012	VF	Unsold
© Auctiones GmbH
	CNG Triton V Lot 176	16 Jan 2002	VF	USD 215.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 259 Lot 155	20 May 2023	F	USD 11.62 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 77 Lot 287	1 Dec 2019	F	USD 26.85 (GBP 20.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 77 Lot 288	1 Dec 2019	F	USD 53.71 (GBP 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 68 Lot 194	16 Mar 2019	F	USD 60.42 (GBP 45.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 12 Lot 162	1 Nov 2014	F	USD 53.71 (GBP 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 9 Lot 41	3 Nov 2013	F	USD 69.72 (EUR 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH