Coins from Katane

Catane, or Katane in Greek, was an ancient city in Sicily. The city was located on Monte Vergine, a defensible hill west of the city centre of modern-day Catania. Initially an ancient Sikel village, Catane was occupied around 729 BC by Chalcidian Greeks from nearby Naxos led by Euarchos, and the existing population was Hellenised. Catania was independent until the conquest of despot Hieron I of Syracuse in 476 BC, who temporarily renamed it to Aetna, repopulated it with Dorian colonists, and proclaimed himself the Oekist (founder of the new city). In 403 BC, the city was plundered by Dionysius I of Syracuse and repopulated with Campanian mercenaries. In 397 BC, after the Battle of Catana, it was conquered by Himilco and Mago, the Carthaginian generals who defeated Leptines of Syracuse, and in 396 BC the Campanian mercenaries were forced to move out of the city. During the beginning of the 4th century BC, Catane was caught in the conflicts between Syracuse and Carthage until 278 BC, when King Pyrrhus of Epirus was welcomed in the city. During the First Punic War (264–241 BC), Catane was one of the first Sicilian cities conquered by the Roman Republic after the successful campaign of Consul Valerius Maximus Messalla. The city then became a tributary city (civitas decumana) led by a Proagorus magistrate, paying a tenth of its grain harvest as a tax to Rome. Around 135 BC, during the First Servile War, Catane was temporarily conquered by rebel slaves until 132 BC. The city infrastructure was heavily damaged by a serious eruption of Mount Etna in 121 BC, and it was thereafter exempted from its usual tax to Rome for ten years. In the Sicilian Revolt from 44 BC, Catane was occupied by Sextus Pompey until his fleet was destroyed by Octavian's general, M. Agrippa in 36 BC. Afterwards, the city was granted the status of Colonia by Augustus, and renamed to Colonia Catina. The city remained a Roman colony until the conquest of the Vandals of Gaiseric in AD 440–441. Katane issued Greek silver coinage starting in the mid-fifth century BC, first on the Attic standard and later on the Sicilian litra standard. Bronze coinage on the litra standard was minted under Roman administration starting from the late third century BC. During his occupation of the city (44–39 BC), Sextus Pompey also issued silver denarii in his own name.
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12 Onkiai = 1 Litra • 5 Litrai = 1 Attic standard drachm

Hexas
(415 BC - 402 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.10 g • ⌀ 8.0 mm
HGC 2# 599, N# 168971
Hexas
(415 BC - 404 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.12 g • ⌀ 5.5 mm
N# 169039
Dichalkon
(216 BC - 206 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 4.38 g • ⌀ 19 mm
CNS# 4, HGC 2# 611, N# 401628
Tetras
(405 BC - 402 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.55 g • ⌀ 13.0 mm
SNG ANS 4# 1272, N# 169038
Litra
(461 BC - 450 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.86 g • ⌀ 10.0 mm
Jameson# 536, N# 185397
Litra
(450 BC - 430 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.54 g • ⌀ 12.0 mm
HGC 2# 587, N# 169041
Litra
(430 BC - 415 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.65 g • ⌀ 12.0 mm
SNG ANS 4# 1264, N# 169040
Litra
(415 BC - 404 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.70 g
SNG ANS 4# 1267, N# 169042
Dilitron
(340 BC - 315 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 13.03 g
CNS# 3, N# 397891
Drachm
(410 BC - 405 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.68 g • ⌀ 16 mm
SNG ANS 4# 1262, Jameson# 554, SNG Lloyd# 909, Kraay&Hirm# 46, N# 181870
Drachm
(405 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.33 g • ⌀ 18 mm
SNG ANS 4# 1263, SNG Lloyd# 907, Kraay&Hirm# 38, AMB Basel# 335, N# 391734
Drachm
(405 BC - 402 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.00 g • ⌀ 18 mm
SNG ANS 4# 1263, SNG Lloyd# 906, SNG Copenhagen# 181, HGC 2# 582, N# 385773
Tetradrachm
(465 BC - 450 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 17.30 g
SNG Copenhagen# 175 var., N# 393191
Tetradrachm
(464 BC - 450 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 17.23 g
BMC Greek# 6, SNG Copenhagen# 174 var., N# 389379
Tetradrachm
(461 BC - 450 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 16.69 g
Jameson# 534, N# 182731
Tetradrachm
(450 BC - 405 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 16.98 g • ⌀ 24.0 mm
SNG ANS 4# 1241-1242, Dewing# 584, Gulbenkian# 180, SNG Lloyd# 893, N# 168961
Tetradrachm
(450 BC - 405 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 17.40 g • ⌀ 24.0 mm
SNG ANS 4# 1255, Jameson# 540, Gulbenkian# 184, N# 168962
Tetradrachm
(445 BC - 435 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 16.81 g • ⌀ 23.0 mm
HGC 2# 567, N# 169015
Tetradrachm
(435 BC - 412 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 16.62 g • ⌀ 27.0 mm
HGC 2# 569, N# 169014
Tetradrachm
(430 BC - 413 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 17.32 g • ⌀ 26 mm
SNG ANS 4# 1250, SNG Lloyd# 895, Jameson# 2417, Gulbenkian# 183, N# 385768

The Numista referees for coins of this issuer are ArsenEverlast and Tmsconst.

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