2443 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Peus, 380, Nov. 2004, 176)
From SILVER
335 - 325ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Peus (11/2004), no. 176 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ 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. 335 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | R. Calciati1R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. III, p. 252, no. 5 OS-5 OS/16, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 412 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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