RPC IV.1, 3686 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3686 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Anaximenes
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous'
Dating 170–180?
Obverse inscription Α (in l. field) οΛΒΙοΠ (facing outward)
Edition αʹ Ολβιοπ(ολιτῶν)
Translation 1 of the Olbiopolitans
Obverse design male head (assimilated to portait of Antonine emperor?), right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΞΙ (facing outward)
Edition Ἀναξι(μένου)
Translation of Anaximenes
Reverse design eagle standing on thunderbolt, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.06 g
Axis 6
Reference Zograph, pp. 219–20, n. 143(C)
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A.V. Oreshnikov, Numizmaticheski Sbornik = Numismatic Symposium III, p. 53
2 2     AMNG, pl. XI.17
3 3     ✸ P: 771, broken, 3.84g
4 4     P: 771A