2155 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, 3, May 2011, 60)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2155


344 BCE - 336 BCE | ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1619 - Herbessus over Syracuse.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
SO 1619 - Herbessus over Syracuse (Bertolami, 31 May 2011, 60) overstruck variety.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Bertolami Fine Arts, 3, 31 May 2011, 60

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Sikelia right, wearing olive-leaves wreath. Linear border. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Lyre. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Herbessus Ancient regionAncient region. Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.713.7 g <br />13,700 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dilitron
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?search=herbessos+restruck&s=0&results=100 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 136, Calciati 19872Calciati 1987, p. 252, n° 2 OS-2 OS/3, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 414, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 260, n° 104
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Head of Zeus Eleutherios right, wearing laurel wreath (visible on reverse). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Thunderbolt (visible on obverse).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Syracuse Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 343 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : dilitron
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, 470ff, Calciati 19865Calciati 1986, p. 164-167, n° 70-71, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1440, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 323, n° 304
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Restruck"

References

  1. a b  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
  2. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  3. a b  Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
  4. a b  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
  5. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.