RPC II, 492

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 492
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Titus Flavius Sopa— (high priest)
Dating Late first century AD?
Obverse inscription ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙ
Edition Ὀλβιοπολει(τέων)
Translation of the Olbians
Obverse design laureate head of Apollo, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΧ Τ Φ ϹΩΠΑ
Edition ἀρχ(ιερέως) Τ(ίτου) Φ(λαουίου) Σώπα(—)
Translation of the high priest Titus Flavius Sopa—
Reverse design eagle on dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.58 g
Axis 4, 5, 12
Reference Burachkov pl. VII, 164–6; AMNG Taf. XI, 13–14; Zograph pl. XXXIV, 17
Specimens 34 (28 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type