RPC I, 1946

 

Image of specimen #29

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1946
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Zeus, right; sceptre behind and thunderbolt in front
Reverse inscription ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΩΝ ΕΥ, ΠΑ
Reverse design eagle standing, left; in field, letter
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 32 (27 in the core collections)
Note On one variety there is a caduceus on the obv. instead of the other specimens (e.g. L 1929-10-13-213). The letters Ϲ, Ζ, Η and Θ occur; as these cannot be value marks, they must presumably be some sort of date. Countermark: Caduceus (frequent). See V.A. Anokhin, Ancient Coins from the North-western Black Sea (Kiev, 1989) no. 340 for variants.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1905,1203.49
2 2     L
3 3     L
4 4     L
5 5     L
6 6     L
7 7     L
8 8     L
9 9     L
10 10     L
11 11     L
12 12     L
13 13     L
14 14     L
15 15     L
16 16     L
17 17     L
18 18     P
19 19     P
20 20     P
21 21     P
22 22     P
23 23     P
24 24     P
25 25     P
26 26     P
27 27     P
28 28     Roma Numismatics EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, lot 103 (ex Stancomb coll.)
29 29     ✸ Freiburg: 13696
30 30     CGT coll.
31 31     Leeds-UL: 511
32 32     Naumann 102, 2 May 2021, lot 1236