Olbia, bronze (CN type 23708)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 160-150 v. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Olbia dated ca. 160-150 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23708. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Club, right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 20–23 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.17 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Olbia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
- Reverse type
- Club, right.
- Reverse legend
- ΟΛΒΙΟ ΕΙ*ΡΗ*ΒΑ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23708
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23708
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 bibliographynr. 495
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 312
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 629-631
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2172-2188
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution