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Tetras
| Issuer | Katane (Sicily) |
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| Year | 415 BC - 412 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in fine archaic-transitional style with delicate facial features and a beaded border encircling the field. The hair is bound with a laurel wreath, with locks falling neatly behind the neck. The portrait displays the characteristic idealized beauty associated with Sicilian Greek coinage of the late fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A kithara (lyre) depicted frontally at center, its resonating body and upright arms clearly articulated with multiple strings rendered in fine detail. Three pellets, serving as value marks denoting the tetras denomination, are distributed around the instrument in the field. To the left and right of the kithara appear the abbreviated civic legend 'K' and 'A', identifying the issuing city of Katane. |
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| Reverse lettering | K A |
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