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Hexas
| Issuer | Katane |
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| Year | 415 BC - 404 BC |
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| Value | Hexas (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Head of the nymph Amenanos facing left, wearing a wreath of grain or laurel in her hair, rendered in fine archaic-to-classical Sicilian style. The facial features are delicately modeled despite the diminutive flan, with a prominent eye and softly defined chin. Two pellets appear in the left field, serving as value marks denoting the hexas denomination. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A large leaf, identified as a vine or ivy leaf, depicted in schematic frontal view with a central rib bisecting the design vertically. Two circular ocelli, each with a raised central boss, are symmetrically positioned on either side of the midrib, filling the round flan. The letters Κ Α appear in the field, serving as the civic abbreviation for Katane. The composition is characteristic of the small silver fractions produced by Sicilian mints in the late fifth century BC. |
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