GREEK COINS
Catana
Tetradrachm circa 440-430, AR 17.31 g. Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer, holding kentron and reins. Rev. KATANA – I – [O – N] Laureate head of Apollo r. Rizzo pl. X, 17 (these dies). SNG ANS 1240 (these dies). Kraay-Hirmer pl. 12, 36 (these dies). Gillet 384 (this coin).
Very rare. An interesting and unusual portrait of Apollo in early
Classical style, light tone and extremely fine
Ex Hirsch XIV, 182; Leu 30, 1982, 32 and NAC 9, 1996, 143 sales. From the Charles Gillet Collection.