2443 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Peus, 380, Nov. 2004, 176)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2443

339 BCE - 334 BCEΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1611 - Herbessus over Syracuse.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

SO 2261 - Herbessos over Syracuse (Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1) overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Peus, 380, 3 Nov. 2004, 176

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.:

Head of man-headed bull right. 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. 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 28.7928.79 g <br />28,790 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=88886&AucID=95&Lot=176	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, 5 OS, Campana 1992-20032Campana 1992-2003, 5b, Castrizio 20003Castrizio 2000, Series III, 1, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 412, Puglisi 20095Puglisi 2009, p. 260, n° 103
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/herbessus.puglisi 2009.103

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ (Greek) Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Horse rearing 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 19866Calciati 1986, p. 185, n° 80, HGC 24HGC 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:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägung auf ein syrakusanisches Bronze-Dilitron des Timoleon"