4306 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/Zeus) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, MBS 63, May 2003, 84)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 4306


339 BCE - 335 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 2263 - Herbessus over Syracuse (Classical Numismatic Group, 21 May 2003, 84).jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
SO 2263 - Herbessus over Syracuse (Classical Numismatic Group, 21 May 2003, 84) overstruck variety.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 63, 21 May 2003, 84 ; Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 160

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Wreathed head of Sikelia right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Zeus right.
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: 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.. 335 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: 30.3330.33 g <br />30,330 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=130303 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 251, 1 OS-1A-OS/3, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, 1336, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 410
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣYPA (Greek) Head of Athena to left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Eight-rayed sea-star between two dolphins
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. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 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. : drachma Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, p. 109-133, n° 62-69, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1436, Puglisi 20095Puglisi 2009, p. 322, n° 302
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: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a Syracuse Æ Drachm, Athena / Dolphins flanking sea star (Calciati II pg. 111, 62)"

References

  1. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. a b  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
  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. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  5. ^  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.