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Features

Issuer	Katane (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	200 BC - 186 BC
Currency	Litra
Composition	Brąz
Weight	9.59 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 565089
References	BMC Greek# 80-81 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , CNS# 19 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 200-201 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG ANS 3# 1291-1293 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 Morcom# 555 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. , Virzi# 848-851 . The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes. , HGC 2# 621 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# 147 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# 3736 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. , de Luynes# 908 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Głowa Dionizosa w prawo, w wieńcu z bluszczu. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: KATANAIΩN

Reverse

(en) Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, reclining left in biga drawn by panthers; monograms around.

Mint

Catana, Sicily, modern-day Catania, Italy

Comments

(en)

Casabona 15; BAR Issue 12; Weber 1286; Mirone 165.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (200 BC - 186 BC)						$ 54	$ 87

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Past sales

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	Roma Numismatics The Mike Ballerini Collection Lot 500	19 Oct 2023	VF	USD 87.26 (GBP 65.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection Lot 331	8 Sep 2022	VF	USD 73.83 (GBP 55.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 460 Lot 86	29 Jan 2020	VF	USD 160.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 64
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 77 Lot 836	1 Dec 2019	VF	USD 67.12 (GBP 50.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Savoca Numismatik 24th Silver Auction Lot 24	29 Jul 2018	VF	USD 87.09 (EUR 75.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	CNG Electronic Auction 392 Lot 58	1 Mar 2017	VF	USD 220.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Schweizerisccher Bankverein 2 (27 October 1977), lot 90
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 367 Lot 65	27 Jan 2016	VF	USD 130.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Thomas Virzi Collection = Virzi 851
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Gemini Auction VI Lot 26	10 Jan 2010	VF	USD 225.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Gemini Numismatic Auctions LLC
	CNG Triton V Lot 179	16 Jan 2002	VF	USD 280.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 304 Lot 198	20 Jun 2024	F	USD 23.23 (EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts