Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 36. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Herbessos. 339-336 BC. Æ Hemilitron (18.86 g, 6h). Wreathed head of female (Sikelia?) right / Forepart of man-headed bull right. Castrizio series III, 1 (D1/R1); CNS 5 OS; SNG ANS -. Near VF, olive brown patina. Overstruck on Zeus Eleutherios/Horse drachm of Syracuse (cf. CNS 80). Rare.

Ex G. Hirsch 181 (22 February 1994), lot 51.

Very little is known about Herbessos. Practically all of its coinage dates from the time of Timoleon of Syracuse, with whom Herbessos was allied.