Filial Piety
Lotto 152:
Sicily. Katane. AE 23 mm. c. 186-170 BC. Obv. ΛΑΣΙΟ. Wreathed head of Dionysos right; monogram to left. Rev. ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ. The brothers Amphinomos and Anapias advancing left and right, carrying their father and mother. HGC 2 626; CNS III 10; BAR Issue 15. AE. 4.77 g. 23.00 mm. RR. Fine style. Untouched light green patina. Good VF. Amphinomus and Anapias Pious were a pair of brothers from Catana, who during a volcanic eruption of Etna carried their parents from the flames; the lava stream divided in a miraculous manner before them; their statutes stood at the place of this rescue, the ‘Place of the Pious’.
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