Summary
A copper hexas coin from the town of Catana (Katane), Sicily, struck after 212 BC
Mint: not recorded
Reference: BMC Sicily p.51 No.65
Die axis: 06
Obverse Description
Head of Apollo laureate facing right
Reverse Description
Isis (?) standing facing right holding a bird and patera; in field below outstreached arm, II (the first not fully formed); around in Greek: {KATA NAION}
Edge Description
plain
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
circa 150 BC
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Issued By
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Previous Collection
Eugene von Guerard, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pre 1880
The date 1880 was the year that the National Gallery of Victoria purchased his collection, It was transferred to the Science Museum of Victoria in 1976. This coin is noted in Vol.1 p.11 of his original catalogue, he purchased it from a Mr. Friedlander of Berlin for 2s. The coin became separated from its origin and was found in NGV Safe during McArthur Bequest incorporation, about 1904. -
Deity Depicted
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Denomination
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Material
Copper
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Axis
06
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
16 mm (Outside Diameter), 3.273 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
BMC. Sicily p.51 No.65 Sear 1074
[Book] Poole, Reginald S. 1876. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Sicily., 51 Pages
[Catalogue] Pullin, Ruth. 2011. Nature Revealed: Eugene von Guerard.
[Book] Sear, David R. 1978. Greek Coins and Their Values, Europe. I., 112 Pages
