Hemidrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Katane
(Sicily)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 405 BC - 402 BC |
| Value | Hemidrachm (5⁄2) |
| Currency | Litra |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 2.08 g |
| Diameter | 15 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 564962 |
| References | AMB Basel# 340 Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland. Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). 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.Salvatore Mirone. “Le monete dell’ antica Catana” = “The coins of ancient Catana” (2 articles). |
Obverse
(en) Wreathed head of Silenos left.
Reverse
(en) Bull butting right; in exergue, fish left.
Script: grecki
Lettering: KATANAION
Mint
Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, ItalyComments
(en)
Rizzo pl. XIV, 22; BMC Greek -; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen -.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (405 BC - 402 BC) | 
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$ 2600 | |||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8599623n
15 mm • 1.87 g • ↑↑ 10h (see more)
15 mm • 1.87 g • ↑↑ 10h (see more)
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, HCR42308
15.4 mm • 1.88 g • ↑↑ 8h
15.4 mm • 1.88 g • ↑↑ 8h
SNG Ashmolean II, 1713
(see more)
Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars ClassicaSummer Sale 2025 Lot 2068 
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30 Jul 2025 | VF |
USD 4117.78
(CHF 3250.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG | |||||
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CNG Auction 115 Lot 41
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16 Sep 2020 | VF |
USD 1700.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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CNG Auction 72 Lot 185
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14 Jun 2006 | VF |
USD 1200.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Kirk Davis FPL 48 (September 2005), no. 13 |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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Numismatica Ars Classica Auction P Lot 1171
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12 May 2005 | VF |
USD 658.84
(CHF 520.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG | |||||
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Leu Numismatik Auction 6 Lot 65
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23 Oct 2020 | VF |
USD 3547.62
(CHF 2800.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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From Kleinkunst Collection and from collection of A. D. Moretti, Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998, 340 = AMB Basel 340 |
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| © Leu Numismatik | |||||
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Nomos AG obolos 13 Lot 103
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2 Jul 2019 | VF |
USD 278.74
(CHF 220.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Elsen 57, 6 March 1999, 1266 |
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| © Nomos AG | |||||
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