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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Katane |
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| Year | 445 BC - 435 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine archaic-transitional style, with carefully detailed hair adorned with a laurel wreath; the facial features display the characteristic idealized treatment of Sicilian coinage from this period. The ethnic inscription KATANAION runs in the field surrounding the portrait, executed in archaic Greek lettering. |
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| Reverse description | Charioteer (auriga) driving a slow quadriga to the right, depicted with outstretched arms holding the reins; above the horses, Nike flies rightward crowning the lead horses with a wreath, a composition emblematic of the prestigious chariot-racing victories celebrated on Sicilian coinage of the Classical period. The figures are rendered in the refined high-relief style characteristic of the great Sicilian die-engravers of the fifth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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