4265 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1)
From SILVER
339 - 336
Images
Overstriking coin
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SO 2261 - Herbessos over Syracuse (Orville 1764,pl. VIII,1).jpg
Overstruck variety
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SO 2261 - Herbessos over Syracuse (Orville 1764,pl. VIII,1) overstruck variety.jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of female (Sikelia?) right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Forepart of man-headed bull right |
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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 | Classic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze 
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Hemilitron | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Orville 17641Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1, Calciati 1983-19872Calciati 1983-1987, 5 OS, Campana 1992-20033Campana 1992-2003, 5b, Castrizio 20004Castrizio 2000, Series III, 1, Hoover 2012b5Hoover 2012b, 412 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Zeus Eleutherios | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse galloping to l. |
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: |
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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 1983-19872Calciati 1983-1987, 80 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ Orville, Jacques-Philippe d' (1764), Sicula, in quo opere Siciliae veteris Rudera, additis Antiquitatum Tabulis, illustrantur; cum Numismatibus, nec non Commentario Petri Burmanni secundi
- a b Calciati 1983-1987
- ^ Campana, Alberto (1992-2003), Corpus Nummorum Antiquae Italiae, Panorama Numismatico
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hoover 2012b
