2422 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Berk, BBS 197, April 2016, 446)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2422

344 BCE - 336 BCE | ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1620 - Herbessus over Syracuse (Lanz, 159, 8 Dec. 2014, 38).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Berk, BBS 197, 27 April 2016, 446 ; Lanz, 159, 8 Dec. 2014, 38

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) Lyra. 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: 16.6616.66 g <br />16,660 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dilitron

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=900845&AucID=1698&Lot=446	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, 136, Calciati 19872Calciati 1987, p. 252, no. 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 obverse: brow of Zeus starting at truncation of neck of Sicily).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Thunderbolt (visible on reverse).

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. 185, n° 80, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1439, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, n° 306
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.306

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on hemilitron of Syracuse, the head of Zeus is visible with brow of Zeus starting at truncation of neck of Sikelia"; "Our coin is struck over a Hemilitron of Syracuse (BMC Sicily 313-318), the head of Zeus right is slightly visible. The inscription below the truncation starts ΙEYΣ [...]".