Catana

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 423

The mint at the ancient site of Catana in Sicily.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
S 1531 - Catana, silver, tetradrachms (464-450 BCE)		Silver	3,308 kg
S 1521 - Catana (Campanian mercenaries), bronze, hemilitrai (339-338 BCE)		Bronze
S 1522 - Catana (Campanian mercenaries), bronze, tetrantes (339-338 BCE)		Bronze

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
19515 - Catana (tetradrachm) (Amenanos/Nike) over uncertain type (Nomos AG, 24, May 2022, 18)		Silver	461 BC JL
2078 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man-faced bull/Nike) over Naxos (Dionysus/Silenus) (Spink America. A Member of the Christie's Group. New York City, May 1995, 46)		Silver	461 BC JL
2264 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man-faced bull/Nike) over uncertain type (NAC, 88, Oct. 2015, 558)		Silver	461 BC JL
2622 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man-faced bull/Nike) over uncertain type (Gemini, 4, Jan. 2008, 30)		Silver	461 BC JL
2165 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man faced bull/Nike) over uncertain type (NYINC Signature Sale 3037, Jan. 2015, 30860)		Silver	460 BC JL
20944 - Catana (tetradrachm biga/Apollo) over Catana (man-faced bull/Nike) (Siracusa 68921 - Garraffo 1984, XVI, 6)		Silver	445 BC JL
1832 - Catana (tetradrachm quadriga/Apollo) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes coll., 894)		Silver	445 BC JL
1986 - Catana (tetradrachm biga/Apollo) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics Auction, 14, Sept. 2017, 59)		Silver	445 BC JL
20948 - Catana (tetradrachm biga/Apollo) over uncertain mint (Garraffo, XVI, 7)		Silver	445 BC JL
20951 - Catana (tetradrachm quadriga/Apollo) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Acireale, coll. Pennisi - Garraffo, XVI, 9)		Silver	445 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2207 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (man-faced bull/Nike) (Siracusa, MA, 25072 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 12)		Silver	480 BC JL
21154 - Syracuse (tetradrachm biga/Arethusa) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (Leu 1967 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 15)		Silver	460 BC JL
2069 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Catana (Apollo/biga) (Gorny & Mosch, 180, Oct. 2009, 31)		Silver	455 BC JL
2704 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Catana (man-faced bull/Nike) (Vienna, KM, GR 6537)		Silver	455 BC JL
21034 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Catana (Apollo/biga) (Italia, priv. coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 4)		Silver	455 BC JL
1892 - Gela (tetradrachm biga/man-faced bull) over Catana (man-faced-bull/Nike) (New York Sign., 3021, Jan. 2013, 21470)		Silver	450 BC JL
2731 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (MacDonald coll., 37)		Silver	450 BC JL
20944 - Catana (tetradrachm biga/Apollo) over Catana (man-faced bull/Nike) (Siracusa 68921 - Garraffo 1984, XVI, 6)		Silver	445 BC JL
2012 - Syracuse (tetradrachm biga/Arethusa) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (New York, ANS, 1954.12.1)		Silver	440 BC JL
1824 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (quadriga/Amenanos) (Cambridge, FM, McClean coll. 2231)		Silver	410 BC JL
2215 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (Silenus/male head) (MacDonald coll., 31)		Silver	410 BC JL
1718 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (quadriga/Amenanos) (Cambridge, FM, McClean, 2230)		Silver	410 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	catana
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Catana in Sicily.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	462270
Ancient regionAncient region.	Sicily Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: sicily
Modern countryModern country	Italy
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	37.502959° N, 15.088142° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Catana https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462270 http://sws.geonames.org/7521392/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x49627 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7003947

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Literature

• Arnold-Biucchi 1990
• Arnold-Biucchi 1996
• Garraffo 1984
• HGC 2

Authors

• Carmen Arnold-Biucchi
• Salvatore Garraffo