4321 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, 116, Oct. 2019, 41)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 4321

335 BCE - 325 BCEΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1618 - Herbessus over Syracuse (Nomos, 10 May 2011, 15).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 116, 1 Oct. 2019, 41 ; Nomos, 3, 10 May 2011, 15

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Head of Sikelia right, wearing olive-leaves wreath. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Snake right and eagle standing right, head reverted. 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. 335 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 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: 20.1020.1 g <br />20,100 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=416547&AucID=750&Lot=15	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 252, n° 4, OS-4, Campana 1992-20032Campana 1992-2003, 4, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 413
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/herbessus.cns iii.4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Head of Zeus Eleutherios left, wearing laurel wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Horse galloping left

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. 339 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 334 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:	Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, p. 185, n° 80, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1439, Puglisi 20095Puglisi 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:	The large bronze drachms that were produced in 4th century Sicily by a variety of small cities almost invariably reused the common drachms of Syracuse for their flans, and often their original designs can be seen below those of the newer types (as the tail of Pegasos, which waves before the head of Sikelia on this piece!)