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)
Obverse design male head (assimilated to portait of Antonine emperor?), right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΞΙ (facing outward)
Reverse design eagle standing on thunderbolt, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
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