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Sicily, Katane Æ20. Circa 186-170 BC. Ivy-wreathed head of youthful Dionysos to right; ΛAΣIO above, monogram behind / The Katanean brothers, Amphinomos and Anapias, carrying their parents on their shoulders; KATANAIΩN around. BAR Issue 15; Casabona 16; CNS 10; HGC 2, 626; SNG ANS 1285. 4.53g, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare; well detailed for the type.
Ex Vineyard Collection;
Ex Münzhandlung Ritter GmbH, List 45, November 1997, no. 309.
Lykurgos of Athens (Leocrates, 9) relates this classic tale of filial piety; though in the ancient version of the legend there was but one pious hero, by later times this had evolved into the more familiar story involving two brothers: "a stream of fire burst forth from Etna. This stream, so the story goes, flowing over the countryside, drew near a certain city of the Sicilians. Most men, thinking of their own safety, took to flight; but one of the youths, seeing that his father, now advanced in years, could not escape and was being overtaken by the fire, lifted him up and carried him. Hindered no doubt by the additional weight of his burden, he too was overtaken. And now let us observe the mercy shown by the Gods towards good men. For we are told that the fire spread round that spot in a ring and only those two men were saved, so that the place is still called the Place of the Pious, while those who had fled in haste, leaving their parents to their fate, were all consumed."
Good Very Fine. Very Rare; well detailed for the type.
Ex Vineyard Collection;
Ex Münzhandlung Ritter GmbH, List 45, November 1997, no. 309.
Lykurgos of Athens (Leocrates, 9) relates this classic tale of filial piety; though in the ancient version of the legend there was but one pious hero, by later times this had evolved into the more familiar story involving two brothers: "a stream of fire burst forth from Etna. This stream, so the story goes, flowing over the countryside, drew near a certain city of the Sicilians. Most men, thinking of their own safety, took to flight; but one of the youths, seeing that his father, now advanced in years, could not escape and was being overtaken by the fire, lifted him up and carried him. Hindered no doubt by the additional weight of his burden, he too was overtaken. And now let us observe the mercy shown by the Gods towards good men. For we are told that the fire spread round that spot in a ring and only those two men were saved, so that the place is still called the Place of the Pious, while those who had fled in haste, leaving their parents to their fate, were all consumed."