Olbia, bronze (CN type 23715)
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 23715. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Cithara.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 17–18 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.49 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Olbia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Cithara.
- Reverse legend
- ΟΛΒΙΟ / Ε–Ρ/Β–Α/ΕΙ–*ΡΗ*
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23715
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23715
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. 500
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 317
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 637-638
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution