RPC II, 490


Image of specimen #9

Coin type
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Volume	II
Number	490
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Sarmatia
City	Olbia
Reign	Uncertain
Magistrate	Al— (high priest)
Dating	Late first century AD?
Obverse inscription	ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙ
Edition	Ὀλβιοπολειτέων Ὀλβιοπολει(τέων)
Translation	of the Olbians
Obverse design	laureate head of Apollo, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΡΧ ΑΛ
Edition	ἀρχιερέως Ἀλ— ἀρχ(ιερέως) Ἀλ(—)
Translation	of High Priest Al—
Reverse design	eagle on dolphin, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	8.56 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Burachkov pl. VII, 169; AMNG Taf. XI, 10; Zograph pl. XXXIV, 12
Specimens	13 (11 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 631		23	10.02			Show
2	2	P: 624			6.52		Obv.: GIC 390 (caduceus, winged); GIC 746 (denominational mark Α); GIC 787 (denominational mark Δ)	Show
3	3	P: 628			6.25			Show
4	4	P: 629			14.18			Show
5	5	P: 630			7.70			Show
6	6	P: 642			7.21			Show
7	7	P: 648			12.50			Show
8	8	L: 1929,1013.230						Show
9	9 ✸		CGT coll. = Savoca 104th Silver, 30 May 2021, lot 156	24	9.65	12		Show
10	10		Roma Numismatics 101, 13 Oct. 2022, lot 378	26	8.29	6	Obv.: GIC 390 (caduceus, winged); GIC 787 (denominational mark Δ)	Show
11	11	O: HCR134719		24.8	9.02	6	Obv.: GIC 390 (caduceus, winged); GIC 787 (denominational mark Δ)	Show
12	12	O: HCR134721		24.9	7.87	6	Obv.: GIC 390 (caduceus, winged); GIC 787 (denominational mark Δ)	Show
13	13	O: HCR134725		20.7	3.52	6	Obv.: GIC 390 (caduceus, winged); GIC 787 (denominational mark Δ)	Show