4306 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/Zeus) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, MBS 63, May 2003, 84)
From SILVER
339 BCE - 335 BCE
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | 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  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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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
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| 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 |
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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. 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: |
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 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: | drachma
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | 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
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
- 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.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
