344 BCE - 336 BCE | ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ
Overstriking coin
SO 1619 - Herbessus over Syracuse.jpg
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Overstruck variety
SO 1619 - Herbessus over Syracuse (Bertolami, 31 May 2011, 60) overstruck variety.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Bertolami Fine Arts, 3, 31 May 2011, 60
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Sikelia right, wearing olive-leaves wreath. Linear border.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΕΡΒΕΣΣΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Lyre. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Herbessus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.713.7 g <br />13,700 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dilitron
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Head of Zeus Eleutherios right, wearing laurel wreath (visible on reverse).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Thunderbolt (visible on obverse).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 343 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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dilitron
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References
References
- a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- 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.
- a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
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