Herbessus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 10464

The mint at the ancient site of Herbessus in Sicily.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/forepart of bull) (354-344 BCE)		Bronze
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/Zeus) (354-344 BCE)		Bronze
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/forepart of bull) (339-336 BCE)		Bronze
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/eagle) (335-325 BCE)		Bronze

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2155 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, 3, May 2011, 60)		Bronze	344 BC JL
2422 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Berk, BBS 197, April 2016, 446)		Bronze	344 BC JL
2428 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (CNG, EA 128, Dec. 2005, 6)		Bronze	344 BC JL
20097 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Heritage Auctions Europe - MPO Auctions, 76, Nov. 2022, 3111)		Bronze	339 BC JL
4314 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Bertolami, 24, June 2016, 147)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2443 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Peus, 380, Nov. 2004, 176)		Bronze	339 BC JL
4265 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2587 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Lanz, 153, Dec. 2011, 51)		Bronze	339 BC JL
2440 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Münzen & Medaillen, 17, Oct. 2005, 204)		Bronze	339 BC JL
4306 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/Zeus) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (CNG, MBS 63, May 2003, 84)		Bronze	339 BC JL
21886 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Triton, III, Nov. 1999, 180)		Bronze	339 BC JL
4317 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Pierre Crinon, 6 Oct. 2017, 80)		Bronze	335 BC JL
4321 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, 116, Oct. 2019, 41)		Bronze	335 BC JL
2205 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, 64, May 2012, 685)		Bronze	335 BC JL
3017 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Ira & Larry Goldberg, 128, June 2022, 903)		Bronze	335 BC JL
20160 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse)		Bronze	335 BC JL
16192 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (M&M, 50, June 2023, 22)		Bronze	335 BC JL
2392 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Solidus Numismatik, EA 9, Oct. 2016, 29)		Bronze	335 BC JL
2179 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, O, May 2004, 1304)		Bronze	335 BC JL
4285 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Gorny & Mosch, 1, Nov. 2010, 65)		Bronze	335 BC JL
4311 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, EA 77, Dec. 2019, 184)	Error creating thumbnail: File with dimensions greater than 25 MP	Bronze	325 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2434 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Herbessus (Sikelia/man-faced bull) (VCoins seller: Ephesus Numismatics, July 2016)		Bronze	340 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	herbessus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Herbessus in Sicily.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462239/herbessus/?searchterm=herbessus*
Ancient regionAncient region.	Sicily Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: sicily
Modern countryModern country	Italy
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	37.428706° N, 14.300237° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Piazza_Armerina https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462239 https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/ort/2204

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Literature

• Calciati 1987
• Campana 1992-2003
• Castrizio 2000
• HGC 2
• Puglisi 2009
• SNG ANS 4 Sicily

Authors

• Romolo Calciati
• Alberto Campana
• Daniele Castrizio