339 BCE - 334 BCEΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ
Overstriking coin
SO 2261 - Herbessos over Syracuse (Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1).jpg
Overstruck variety
SO 2261 - Herbessos over Syracuse (Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1) overstruck variety.jpg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Head of Sikelia right, wearing olive-leaves wreath. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Forepart of man-headed bull right
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Herbessus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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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
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Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dilitron
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Orville 17641Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1, Calciati 19872Calciati 1987, 5 OS, Campana 1992-20033Campana 1992-2003, 5b, Castrizio 20004Castrizio 2000, Series III, 1, HGC 25HGC 2, n° 412, Puglisi 20096Puglisi 2009, p. 260, n° 103
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Zeus Eleutherios
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Horse galloping to l.
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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dilitron
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References
References
- ^ Orville, Jacques-Philippe d' (1764), Sicula, in quo opere Siciliae veteris Rudera, additis Antiquitatum Tabulis, illustrantur; cum Numismatibus, nec non Commentario Petri Burmanni secundi
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Campana, Alberto (1992-2003), Corpus Nummorum Antiquae Italiae, Panorama Numismatico
- ^ Castrizio, Daniele (2000), La monetazione mercenariale in Sicilia. Strategie economiche e territoriali tra Dionisio I e Timoleonte, Catanzaro, Soveria Mannelli, 126 p. and 18 pl.
- 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.
- a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
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