2205 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, 64, May 2012, 685)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2205

335 BCE - 325 BCEΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1615 - Herbessus over Syracuse.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

SO 2261 - Herbessos over Syracuse (Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1) overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Leu, 6, 8 May 1973 (Ex Tom Virzi Collection), 110 = Triton, 5, 15 Jan. 2002 (Freedman coll.), 157 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 64, 17 May 2012, 685
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	From Tom Virzi and Freedman coll.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Head of Sikelia right, wearing olive-leaves wreath. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle standing right, head reverted, holding snake in his beak. 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. 335 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 20.1320.13 g <br />20,130 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dilitron

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=6477&AucID=8&Lot=157	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 252, n° 4, OS-4, Campana 1992-20032Campana 1992-2003, n° 4 (this coin), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 413
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/herbessus.cns iii.4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Head of Zeus Eleutherios left, wearing laurel wreath (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Horse galloping left (visible on reverse).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Syracuse

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 339 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 334 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

dilitron

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, p. 185, n° 80, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1439
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.306

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a Syracusan Dilitron, Zeus/Horse (Calciati II pg. 185, 80), with the undertype clearly visible on both sides"