Herbessus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 10464

The mint at the ancient site of Herbessus in Sicily.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/forepart of bull) (354-344 BCE)		Bronze
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/Zeus) (354-344 BCE)		Bronze
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/forepart of bull) (339-336 BCE)		Bronze
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/eagle) (335-325 BCE)		Bronze

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2422 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Berk, BBS 197, April 2016, 446)		Bronze	344 BC JL
2428 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (CNG, EA 128, Dec. 2005, 6)		Bronze	344 BC JL
2155 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, 3, May 2011, 60)		Bronze	344 BC JL
2440 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Münzen & Medaillen, 17, Oct. 2005, 204)		Bronze	339 BC JL
4306 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/Zeus) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, MBS 63, May 2003, 84)		Bronze	339 BC JL
21886 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Triton, III, Nov. 1999, 180)		Bronze	339 BC JL
20097 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Heritage Auctions Europe - MPO Auctions, 76, Nov. 2022, 3111)		Bronze	339 BC JL
4314 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Bertolami, 24, June 2016, 147)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2443 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Peus, 380, Nov. 2004, 176)		Bronze	339 BC JL
4265 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2587 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Lanz, 153, Dec. 2011, 51)		Bronze	339 BC JL
16192 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (M&M, 50, June 2023, 22)		Bronze	335 BC JL
2392 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Solidus Numismatik, EA 9, Oct. 2016, 29)		Bronze	335 BC JL
2179 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, O, May 2004, 1304)		Bronze	335 BC JL
4285 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Gorny & Mosch, 1, Nov. 2010, 65)		Bronze	335 BC JL
4317 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Pierre Crinon, 6 Oct. 2017, 80)		Bronze	335 BC JL
4321 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, 116, Oct. 2019, 41)		Bronze	335 BC JL
2205 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, 64, May 2012, 685)		Bronze	335 BC JL
3017 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Ira & Larry Goldberg, 128, June 2022, 903)		Bronze	335 BC JL
20160 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse)		Bronze	335 BC JL
4311 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, EA 77, Dec. 2019, 184)		Bronze	325 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2434 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Herbessus (Sikelia/man-faced bull) (VCoins seller: Ephesus Numismatics, July 2016)		Bronze	340 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	http://nomisma.org/id/herbessus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Herbessus in Sicily.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462239/herbessus/?searchterm=herbessus*
Ancient regionAncient region.	Sicily Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: sicily
Modern countryModern country	Italy
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	37.428706° N, 14.300237° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Piazza_Armerina https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462239 https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/ort/2204

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Literature

• Calciati 1987
• Campana 1992-2003
• Castrizio 2000
• HGC 2
• Puglisi 2009
• SNG ANS 4 Sicily

Authors

• Romolo Calciati
• Alberto Campana
• Daniele Castrizio