RPC II, 491

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 491
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Theo— II
Dating Late first century AD?
Obverse inscription ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙ
Edition Ὀλβιοπολει(τέων)
Translation of the Olbians
Obverse design laureate head of Apollo, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΧΙΕΡ ΘΕΟ Β
Edition ἀρχιερ(έως) Θεο(—) βʹ
Translation of the high priest Theo— II
Reverse design eagle on dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.94 g
Axis 6, 8, 12
Reference Burachkov pl. VII, 168; AMNG Taf. XI, 11–12; Zograph pl. XXXIV, 15
Specimens 30 (22 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type