2422 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Berk, BBS 197, April 2016, 446)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2422

344 - 338 | ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1620 - Herbessus over Syracuse (Lanz,159,8 Dec. 2014,38).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

SO 1619 - Herbessus over Syracuse (Bertolami,31 May 2011,60) overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Lanz, 159, 8 Dec. 2014, 38 = Harlan Berk, BBS 197, 27 April 2016, 446

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Sikelia right, wearing olive-leaves wreath. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Lyra. 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:

Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC)

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.. 338

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: 16.6616.66 g <br />16,660 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=900845&AucID=1698&Lot=446

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, 136, Calciati 19872Calciati 1987, p. 252, no. 2 OS-2 OS/3, Hoover 2012b3Hoover 2012b, 414

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Head of Zeus Eleutherios right, wearing laurel wreath (visible on obverse: brow of Zeus starting at truncation of neck of Sicily).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Thunderbolt (visible on 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:

Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC)?

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.. 338

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, 470ff

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on hemilitron of Syracuse, the head of Zeus is visible with brow of Zeus starting at truncation of neck of Sikelia"