RPC II, 492

 

Image of specimen #31

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 492
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Sarmatia
City Olbia
Reign Uncertain
Magistrate Titus Flavius Sopa— (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 Τ Φ ϹΩΠΑ
Edition ἀρχ(ιερέως) Τ(ίτου) Φ(λαουίου) Σώπα(—)
Translation of the high priest Titus Flavius Sopa—
Reverse design eagle on dolphin, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.58 g
Axis 4, 5, 12
Reference Burachkov pl. VII, 164–6; AMNG Taf. XI, 13–14; Zograph pl. XXXIV, 17
Specimens 34 (28 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 643
2 2     P: 638
3 3     P: 597
4 4     P: 614
5 5     P: 632
6 6     P: 633
7 7     P: 636
8 8     P: 637
9 9     P: 639
10 10     P: 640
11 11     P: 641
12 12     P: 644
13 13     P: 645
14 14     P: 646
15 15     P: 772
16 16     C McClean 4310
17 17     L: 1905,1203.54
18 18     L: 1929,1013.233
19 19     L: 1844,0402.1
20 20     L: 1889,1106.28
21 21     L: 1929,1013.231
22 22     L: 1929,1013.232
23 23     L: 1905,1203.51
24 24     L: 1905,1203.53
25 25     L: 1920,0302.10
26 26     L: 1905,1203.50
27 27     L: 1905,1203.55
28 28     L: 1929,1013.234
29 29     CGT coll.
30 30     CGT coll.
31 31     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, lot 105, ex Stancomb = Sotheby, 10 July 1989, lot 500
32 32     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 17
33 33     Roma 18, 29 Sept. 2019, lot 340
34 34     Naumann 102, 2 May 2021, lot 1237