Olbia, bronze (CN type 21435)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 400-380 v. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Olbia dated ca. 400-380 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21435. Obverse: Gorgoneion. Reverse: Sea-eagle on dolphin standing left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 36–37 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 20.63 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Olbia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Gorgoneion.
- Reverse type
- Sea-eagle on dolphin standing left.
- Reverse legend
- Ο–Λ/Β–Ι
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21435
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21435
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographypl. 31, pic. 5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 26
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 184
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 396-398
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 347
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 430-453
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution