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)
Catana, silver, tetradrachms (Amenanos/flying Nike) (464-450 BCE)		Silver	3,308 kg
Catana (Campanian mercenaries), bronze, hemilitrai, ca 15g (Persephone/standing man-headed bull) (339-338 BCE)		Bronze
S 1522 - Catana (Campanian mercenaries), bronze, tetrantes (339-338 BCE)		Bronze
Catana (Roman Republic), silver, victoriati (Jupiter/Victory crowning trophy) (RRC 70/1 - 215 BCE)		Silver	13,484 kg
Catana (Roman Republic), silver, victoriati (Jupiter/Victory crowning trophy) (RRC 72/1 - 214 BCE)		Silver	1,459 kg
Catana (Roman Republic), silver, quinarii (Roma/galloping Dioscuri) (RRC 47/1 - 214 BCE)		Silver	2,655 kg
Catana (Roman Republic), silver, sestertii (Roma/galloping Dioscuri) (RRC 47/2 - 214 BCE)		Silver	61 kg
Catana (Roman Republic), silver, denarii (Roma/galloping Dioscuri) (RRC 68/1 - 213 BCE)		Silver	3,273 kg
Catana (Roman Republic), silver, quinarii (Roma/galloping Dioscuri) (RRC 68/2 - 213 BCE)		Silver	2,057 kg
Catana (Roman Republic), silver, sestertii (Roma/galloping Dioscuri) (RRC 68/3 - 213 BCE)		Silver	99 kg

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
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
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
2165 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man faced bull/Nike) over uncertain type (NYINC Signature Sale 3037, Jan. 2015, 30860)		Silver	460 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
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

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
21034 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Catana (Apollo/biga) (Italia, priv. coll. - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 4)		Silver	455 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
2731 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (MacDonald coll., 37)		Silver	450 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
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
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
1824 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (quadriga/Amenanos) (Cambridge, FM, McClean coll. 2231)		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
• Fischer-Bossert 2016
• Garraffo 1984
• HGC 2

Authors

• Carmen Arnold-Biucchi
• Salvatore Garraffo