Olbia, bronze (CN type 23758)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
74/75 n. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Olbia dated 74/75 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23758. Obverse: Draped bust of Apollo, right. Reverse: Eagle with raised wings on dolphin, right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21–25 mm (from 20 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.49 g (mean of 19 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Olbia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Eagle with raised wings on dolphin, right.
- Obverse legend
- ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛЄΙ
- Reverse legend
- ΙЄΡ ΘЄΟ Β
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23758
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23758
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. 536
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 364
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographypl. 11, pic. 11
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2556-2563
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 931-936
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 491
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution