RPC IV.1, 3692 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3692 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Commodus
Magistrate Ka— (archon for the fourth time)
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Commodus
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΛ ΤΟ Δ (second Α may be shaped as Λ)
Edition ἄ(ρχοντος) Καλ(—) τὸ δʹ
Translation of Ka—, archon for the fourth time
Obverse design bull walking, left
Reverse inscription Β (in r. field) οΛΒΙοΠοΛΙ
Edition βʹ Ὀλβιοπολι(τῶν)
Translation 2, of Olbiopolitans
Reverse design eagle standing on line, right, head, left, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.29 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Zograph, pp. 220–1, n. 148(B)
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Rauch AMNG, pl. XI.23 = A. v. Sallet, Beschreibung der antiken Münzen I (Berlin, 1888), 28, no. 132
2 2     P: 855
3 3     ✸ P: 856
4 4     V: GR 35586
5 5     P: 854, with additional obverse legend variation, Α [Κ]Α ΟΤ(sic) Δ
6 6     SNG Stancomb 947