20097 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Heritage Auctions Europe - MPO Auctions, 76, Nov. 2022, 3111)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 20097

339 BCE - 334 BCEΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Heritage Auctions Europe - MPO Auctions, 76, 14 Nov. 2022, 3111

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Laureate head of Sikelia right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bearded and honored head of man-faced 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 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: 30.1030.1 g <br />30,100 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination AA

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 252, n° 4 OS-4 OS/1, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 411, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 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.:

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

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:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a Drachm of Syracuse"