v25_0024 - SICILY - KATANE Hexas, (PB, Æ 16)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Type : Hexas, (PB, Æ 16)
Date: c. 450-430 AC.
Mint name / Town : Catane
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,09 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré. Très jolie patine clair. Beau portrait au droit. Inscription parfaitement lisible au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.
Reverse
Reverse description : Isis debout à droite, tenant une patère et un oiseau ; dans le champ à gauche II.
Reverse legend : KATA/NAION
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
SICILY - KATANE
(after 212 BC)
Catania had been destroyed by the Syracusans in 404 BC and its population enslaved. The city never recovered. Nevertheless, Catania entered the era of Roman influence from 263 BC. Coinage seems to have resumed after the definitive occupation of Sicily in 212 BC. Catania became a Roman colony under Octavian and makes a fresh start in imperial times.
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