20160 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse)

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335 BCE - 325 BCEΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
2609_-_Herbessus_(AE_Sikelia-eagle).png
Overstruck variety
Syracuse Zeus-horse HGC 2 1439.jpeg [1]
Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Head of Sikelia right, wearing olive-leaves wreath. Linear border. Reverse: Snake right and eagle standing right, head reverted. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Herbessus Ancient region Sicily Modern country: Italy Authority:
Chronology
From 335 BCE to 325 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Denomination: dilitron
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Calciati 1987, p. 252, n° 4, OS-4, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Campana 1992-2003, 4, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 2, n° 413
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Head of Zeus Eleutherios left, wearing laurel wreath Reverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Horse galloping left
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Syracuse Ancient region ᵖ Sicily Modern country: Italy Authority ᵖ: Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC)
Chronology
From 339 BCE to 334 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: dilitron
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Calciati 1986, p. 185, n° 80, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 2, n° 1439, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Puglisi 2009, n° 306
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data

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. a b  Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
  4. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  5. ^  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.