Olbia, bronze (CN type 23771)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
96/97 n. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Olbia dated 96/97 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23771. Obverse: Draped bust of Apollo, right. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, wings closed, holding wreath in beak.
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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23771
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23771
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. 543
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 374
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2768-2804
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution