Olbia, didrachm (CN type 23648)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 200-190 v. Chr.
didrachm in silver struck at Olbia dated ca. 200-190 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23648. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Club, left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- didrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 23–25 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.74 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Olbia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
- Reverse type
- Club, left.
- Reverse legend
- ΟΛΒΙΟ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23648
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23648
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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
Research required
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