E-auction 292-212229 - bgr_275246 - SICILY - KATANE Litra
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| Estimate : | 225 € |
| Price : | 67 € |
| Maximum bid : | 85 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 November 2018 14:00:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Litra
Date: c. 212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Catane, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Zeus-Ammon. Revers inhabituel. Patine marron superficielle et légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue de Zeus-Ammon à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : KATANAIWN.
Obverse translation : (de Catane).
Reverse
Reverse description : Dikaiosyne (Aequitas) (l’Équité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche; dans le champ, un monogramme à gauche et deux à droite : grènetis perlé circulaire.
Reverse legend : (EUPAO)/ (PEDR)/ (UO).
Commentary
Type tout à fait inhabituel. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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