SICILY. Katane . Circa 450-405 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.03 g, 5 h). Charioteer driving quadriga moving slowly to right. Rev. KATANAION Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rizzo Tav. XI, 11. SNG ANS 1247 ( same dies ) SNG Munich 434 ( same dies, but its reverse is from a later state ). Toned. Slightly doublestruck obverse and minor die break on the reverse , otherwise, about very fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Münzhandlung Basel, prior to 1940.