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Olbia, bronze coin — Eagle standing left on thunderbolt (CN type 23771)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 96/97

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Coin in bronze struck at Olbia, dated AD 96/97. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 23771 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Draped bust of Apollo, right. Legend: ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, wings closed, holding wreath in beak. Legend: ΑΔΟΟΥ ΔΕΛΦΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 10.28 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 27–29 mm (from 6 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011, nr. 543; Anochin, Monety antičnych gorodov Severo-Zapadnogo Pričernomor'ja, Kiev 1989, nr. 374; Abramzon and Frolova, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Russland. Staatliches Historisches Museum Moskau. Münzen des nördlichen Schwarzmeergebietes, Berlin-Boston 2019, nr. 2768-2804; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
27–29 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.28 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Olbia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Draped bust of Apollo, right.
Reverse type
Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, wings closed, holding wreath in beak.
Obverse legend
ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ
Reverse legend
ΑΔΟΟΥ ΔΕΛΦΟΥ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23771
Type corpus identifier
CN type 23771

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