Herbessus

The mint at the ancient site of Herbessus in Sicily.

Die Studies

Item	Image	Metal	Weight
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/eagle) (335-325 BCE)		Bronze
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/Zeus) (354-344 BCE)		Bronze
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/forepart of bull) (354-344 BCE)		Bronze
Herbessus, bronze, hemilitrai (Sikelia/forepart of bull) (339-336 BCE)		Bronze

Overstriking coins

Item	Metal	Date
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
4314 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Bertolami, 24, June 2016, 147)	Bronze	339 BC ^JL
4265 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Orville 1764, pl. VIII, 1)	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
20097 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Heritage Auctions Europe - MPO Auctions, 76, Nov. 2022, 3111)	Bronze	339 BC ^JL
2443 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Peus, 380, Nov. 2004, 176)	Bronze	339 BC ^JL
2587 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Lanz, 153, Dec. 2011, 51)	Bronze	339 BC ^JL
16192 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (M&M, 50, June 2023, 22)	Bronze	335 BC ^JL
2179 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, O, May 2004, 1304)	Bronze	335 BC ^JL
4317 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Pierre Crinon, 6 Oct. 2017, 80)	Bronze	335 BC ^JL
2205 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, 64, May 2012, 685)	Bronze	335 BC ^JL
20160 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse)	Bronze	335 BC ^JL
2392 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Solidus Numismatik, EA 9, Oct. 2016, 29)	Bronze	335 BC ^JL
4285 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Gorny & Mosch, 1, Nov. 2010, 65)	Bronze	335 BC ^JL
4321 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (NAC, 116, Oct. 2019, 41)	Bronze	335 BC ^JL
3017 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/eagle) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Ira & Larry Goldberg, 128, June 2022, 903)	Bronze	335 BC ^JL
4311 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/lyre) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Bertolami, EA 77, Dec. 2019, 184)	Bronze	325 BC ^JL
21886 - Herbessus (AE Sikelia/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Zeus/horse) (Triton, III, Nov. 1999, 180)	Bronze	339 BC ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck type	Metal	Date	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 ID	herbessus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Herbessus in Sicily.
Pleiades ID	https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462239/herbessus/?searchterm=herbessus*
Ancient region	Sicily Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: sicily
Modern country	Italy
Coordinates	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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