RPC II, 490

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 490
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Al— (high priest)
Dating Late first century AD?
Obverse inscription ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙ
Edition Ὀλβιοπολει(τέων)
Translation of the Olbians
Obverse design laureate head of Apollo, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΧ ΑΛ
Edition ἀρχ(ιερέως) Ἀλ(—)
Translation of High Priest Al—
Reverse design eagle on dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.15 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Burachkov pl. VII, 169; AMNG Taf. XI, 10; Zograph pl. XXXIV, 12
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 631
2 2     P: 624
3 3     P: 628
4 4     ✸ P: 629
5 5     P: 630
6 6     P: 642
7 7     P: 648
8 8     L: 1929,1013.230
9 9     CGT coll. = Savoca 104th Silver, 30 May 2021, lot 156
10 10     Roma Numismatics 101, 13 Oct. 2022, lot 378