SICILY, Katane. Circa 412-403 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.15 g, 10h). Obverse die signed by H[erakleidas]. VF.

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SICILY, Katane. Circa 412-403 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.15 g, 10h). Obverse die signed by H[erakleidas]. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga left, passing turn-post to right; above, Nike, wearing long chiton, flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath in extended right hand; H (signature) in exergue / Head of Apollo left, wearing tainia; [KATANA]IΩN to left. Mirone 56 (same dies); HGC 2, 573 (same dies as illustration, but after crawfish added to die); SNG ANS 1259 (this coin); Basel 336 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 187 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 40 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XV, 6 (same obv. die). Attractive old collection tone, compact flan, a little off center on reverse. VF.

Ex Duplicates from the American Numismatic Society Collection (Gemini V, 6 January 2009), lot 330; ANS inventory 1967.152.124, bequest of Adra M. Newell; Edward T. Newell (†1941) Collection.

The Sicilian city of Katane (modern Catania) was a Chalkidian colony founded from Naxos in 729 BC. Katane was located midway along the eastern coast of the island at the southern extremity of the slopes of Mount Aetna. Its fertile territory was coveted by neighboring Syracuse, and in 476 BC the Syracusan tyrant Hieron I removed the population of Katane to the inland city of Leontini. Katane was then given the name of Aetna and resettled with Syracusan citizens and a group of Dorian mercenaries. On the fall of the Sicilian tyrannies in the late 460s BC, the alien population was expelled and the former inhabitants of Katane returned from exile in Leontini to reclaim their city, which now reverted to its original name. It seems unlikely that any coinage was produced at Katane prior to the events of 476 BC, so any issues bearing the name of the Katanians must postdate the restoration of the original population in 461 BC.

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Triton XXIX – Session One – Lot 1-301 will be held Tuesday morning, 13 January 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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