Olbia, bronze (CN type 23746)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 50/51 n. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Olbia dated ca. 50/51 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23746. Obverse: Head of Zeus, right; behind, scepter; before, thunderbolt. Reverse: Eagle standing right, wings spread.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 17–18 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.81 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Olbia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Zeus, right; behind, scepter; before, thunderbolt.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing right, wings spread.
- Reverse legend
- ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23746
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23746
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. 522
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 929
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographypl. 11, pic. 5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1947
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2414-2435
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution