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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2440


344 - 336ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1612 - 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) : Münzen & Medaillen, 17, 4 Oct. 2005, 204. From F. Sternberg, Zürich IX (1979), 6

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. Magna Graecia (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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 18.8218.82 g <br />18,820 mg <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=109734&AucID=125&Lot=204 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, 5 OS, Campana 1992-20032Campana 1992-2003, 5b, Castrizio 20003Castrizio 2000, Series III, 1, Hoover 2012b4Hoover 2012b, 412

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. : Syracuse Ancient regionAncient region.  Magna Graecia (Sicily) Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 339 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 334 Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19865Calciati 1986, p. 185, no. 80
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "überprägungsspuren: Untertyp wohl Syrakus, ev. Typ SNG ANS 533ff"

References

  1. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. ^  Campana, Alberto (1992-2003), Corpus Nummorum Antiquae Italiae, Panorama Numismatico
  3. ^  Castrizio, Daniele (2000), La monetazione mercenariale in Sicilia. Strategie economiche e territoriali tra Dionisio I e Timoleonte, Catanzaro, Soveria Mannelli, 126 p. and 18 pl.
  4. ^ Hoover 2012b 
  5. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.