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Ancient Coinage of Sicily, Katane


[Sear 771]

Located at the foot of Mount Aetna in Sicily
Under the name of Aitna, 476-461 BC
Under the name of Katane = Katana = Catana, 461 BC - ca 1st century BC

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Calciati 2Sicily -Catania. 405-402 B.C. AE Uncia. 0.80 grams. Obverse: Head of young river-god Amenanos l. Reverse: Winged thunderbolt. TextImage
Calciati 2CSicily, Katane. Occupied by Campanian Mercenaries. After 403 BC. Æ Onkia. Owl standing right / KAT monogram in wreath. TextImage
Calciati 3SICILY, Katane. Circa 360 BC. Æ Dilitron. Wreathed head of Persephone left, in single-pendant earring & necklace, two dolphins before / Man-headed bull standing right. TextImage
Calciati 9SICILY, Katane. ca 263-200 BC. Æ 21mm. River-god reclining left on amphora, holding rhyton in right hand, reed in left / KATANAIWN, caps of the Dioskouri surmounted by stars; w(monogram), lion's head & monogram below. BMC 54; SNG Cop 185. TextImage
Calciati 11SICILY, Katane. After 212 BC. Æ 16mm. One of the Katanean brothers carrying his father right, serpent between legs; P in right field / KATANAIWN, the other brother carrying his mother right, serpent between his legs. BMC 74. TextImage
Calciati 14Sicily, Katane. Circa 1st Century BC. Æ 22mm. Janiform head of Serapis; three monograms around / Demeter standing left, holding grain ear & torch. SNG ANS 1302. TextImage
Calciati 16Sicily, Katane. Circa first century BC. Æ 25mm. Radiate head of Serapis right / Isis standing facing, Harpokrates standing at her feet at left, sistrum at right. SNG ANS 1302. TextImage
Calciati 17SICILY, Katane. After 212 BC. Æ 21mm. KATANAIWN, laureate head of Zeus Ammon right / Dikaiosyne (Aequitas), standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae, monogram left, two monograms right. Calciati 17; BMC 82; SNG Cop 203. TextImage
Calciati 19SICILY, Katane. After 212 BC. Æ 20mm. KATANAIWN, wreathed head of Dionysos right / Dionysos, holding grape cluster in right hand & scepter in left, seated left in biga being pulled to the right by two panthers; three monograms around. BMC 80, SNG Cop 200-201. TextImage
Calciati 22SICILY, Katane. After 212 BC. Æ 20mm. Jugate busts left of Serapis & Isis / KATANAION, Apollo standing facing in chlamys, left elbow resting on a pillar, holding branch in right hand, bow in left, at his feet left an omphalos & quiver. SNGCop 190-192. TextImage
Randazzo_62Sicily, Katane AR Tetradrachm. ca 464-450 BC. River-god Amenanos as a man-headed bull kneeling right; above, Nike flying right; in exergue, ketos right / NOIHATAK(sic), Nike running left, in long chiton, holding a fillet in her right hand. TextImage
SNGANS 1235Sicily, Katana. ca 460 BC. AR Tetradrachm. River-god Amenanos as a man-headed bull kneeling right; fish below to right, branch above / KAT-ANE, Nike in long chiton & running left, holding a fillet in her right hand. SNG Cop 175. TextImage
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Sicily, Katane, as Aitna, AR Litra. ca 465-460 BC. Balding head of Silenos right / AIT-NAI, winged thunderbolt. BMC 16. TextImage
SNGANS 1243Sicily, Katane. Circa 445-435 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron in left hand, reins in both hands / Laureate head of Apollo right. TextImage
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Sicily, Katana. ca 450-445 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding long kentron in right hand, reins in both / KATANAI-O-N, laureate head of Apollo right. SNG Cop 176, SNGANS 1243ff. TextImage
SNGANS 1246Sicily, Catana AR Tetradrachm. ca 440 BC. Slow quadriga right / Laureate head of Apollo right, hair in krobylos. Pozzi 413. TextImage
SNGANS 1248Sicily, Katane. Circa 450-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding long kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying above crowning horses / KATANAION, laureate head of Apollo right. Rizzo pl.11, 8. TextImage
SNGANS 1249Sicily, Catana AR Tetradrachm. ca 440-430 BC. Slow quadriga right, above Nike flying right to crown horses, uncertain markings in exergue / Laureate head of Apollo right, hair rolled. TextImage
SNGANS 1252Sicily, Katane AR Tetradrachm. ca 450-425 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right; Nike flying above / Laureate head of Apollo right. Gulbenkian 183. TextImage
SNGANS 1256Sicily, Katana. ca 435-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving racing quadriga right, holding long kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying above placing a wreath on horses / KATANAION, laureate head of Apollo right; parsley leaf behind. TextImage
SNGCop 175SICILY. Catana. Ca. 465 BC. Silver tetradrachm (17.27 gm). Man-faced bull running right on tunny right, branch above / KAT-ANE, Nike running left, holding fillet in extended right hand. Randazzo 48-53 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 175 (same dies). Gulbenkian 175. Rare. Lightly toned. Nearly extremely fine Estimated Value: $ 5, 000 TextImage
SNGCop 193Sicily, Catana AE15. 3rd century BC. Wreathed head of Apollo right / KATA-NAIWN, Isis standing right holding bird. TextImage
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SNGCop 198Sicily, Catana AE16. 3rd-2nd centurey BC. One of the Catanaean brothers, carrying his father / KATANAION, the other brother carrying the mother. SNG ANS 1290. TextImage
SNGCop 203fSICILY: KATANE. 3rd-2nd Cent. BC. Bronze -20mm. (8.27 gm). O: Head of Zeus-Ammon, r.. R: Aequitas standing. TextObvRev
SNGLloyd_910Sicily, Katana. ca 410 BC. Obverse & reverse dies signed by the artist Choirion. AR Drachm. AMENANOS above, three-quarters facing head of the river-god Amenanos, turned slightly left; crayfish left, two fish right, signature XOI below / KATANAIWN right, Athena, holding large round shield & spear, driving galloping quadriga left; Nike flying above crowning Athena, maeander pattern below, signature COIRIWN in ex. TextImage
Sear #765Sicily, Katane, as Aitna, AR Litra. ca 465-460 BC. Balding head of Silenos right / AIT-NAI, winged thunderbolt. BMC 16.
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Sear #767Sicily, Katana. ca 450-445 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding long kentron in right hand, reins in both / KATANAI-O-N, laureate head of Apollo right. SNG Cop 176, SNGANS 1243ff.
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Sear #771Sicily, Katane AR Tetradrachm. ca 410 BC. Obverse die signed by Herakleidas. Head of Apollo facing slightly left, in laurel wreath; HRAKLEIDAS downward in right field / KATANAIWN, charioteer driving fast quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike flying right, placing open wreath on charioteer's head; in exergue, fish left. Basel 337, BMC 32.
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Sear #774Katane, Sicily, AR Litra. c 410 BC, signed by Procles. Head of Selinos left, with ass ear, crowned with ivy wreath, P behind / KATA NAIWN, winged thunderbolt. SNGCop 182. TextObvRev
Sear #1069Sicily, Katane, AE19. 2nd-1st century BC. River-god Amenanos laying, holding rhyton & resting on amphora / KATANAIWN, owl on sigma monogram between 2 caps of the Dioscuri. Calciati 8. TextObvRev
Sear #1073Katane, Sicily, Æ16. c212 BC, Head of Apollo right / Isis standing right. TextObvRev
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Katane
See also: Magna Graecia Coins of Katane
Search for Sicily, Katane at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Sicily, Katane on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Catane in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Katane at AncientImports.com
Search for Katane at Incitatus Coins

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