RPC IV.1, 3685 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3685 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Magistrate Anaximenes
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous'
Dating 170–180?
Obverse inscription ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΕωΝ
Edition Ὀλβιοπολειτέων
Translation of the Olbians
Obverse design draped bust of Apollo (head assimiliated to portait of Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus or Commodus) wearing wreath, right
Reverse inscription Β ΑΝΑΞΙΜΕΝΟΥ
Edition βʹ Ἀναξιμένου
Translation 2, of Anaximenes
Reverse design ?
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 5.71 g
Reference Zograph, pp. 219–20, n. 143(B)
Specimens 1 (0 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