2155 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, 3, May 2011, 60)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2155

344 BCE - 336 BCE | ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1619 - Herbessus over Syracuse.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Bertolami Fine Arts, 3, 31 May 2011, 60

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Sikelia right, wearing olive-leaves wreath. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Lyre. 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. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 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: 13.713.7 g <br />13,700 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dilitron
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?search=herbessos+restruck&s=0&results=100	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 136, Calciati 19872Calciati 1987, p. 252, n° 2 OS-2 OS/3, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 414, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 260, n° 104
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/herbessus.puglisi 2009.104

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Head of Zeus Eleutherios right, wearing laurel wreath (visible on reverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Thunderbolt (visible on obverse).

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. 343 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 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:	SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, 470ff, Calciati 19865Calciati 1986, p. 164-167, n° 70-71, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1440, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 323, n° 304
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.304

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Restruck"