RPC IV.1, 3683 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3683 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Magistrate Pisistratos, son of Dadakos
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Antoninus Pius?
Obverse inscription ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕ[ΙΤΕ]ωΝ, ΡΧΑ ? (in l. field)
Obverse design laureate head of Apollo, right; beneath neck, dolphin(?); to left, uncertain object (theta with rays?)
Reverse inscription ΠΙϹΙ[Ϲ?]ΤΡΑΤΟΥ ΔΑΔΑΚΟΥ (facing outward)
Reverse design eagle standing on uncertain object (thunderbolt?), left, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Zograph, p. 219, n. 141
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     AMNG, pl. XI.7
2 2     A.V. Oreshnikov, Numizmaticheski Sbornik = Numismatic Symposium III, pl. XXIII
3 3     ✸ Private collection William H. Stancomb, UK