Olbia, bronze (CN type 23779)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
196/197 n. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Olbia dated 196/197 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23779. Obverse: Zeus enthroned right, holding sceptre and an uncertain object. Reverse: Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.85 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Olbia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Zeus enthroned right, holding sceptre and an uncertain object.
- Reverse type
- Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- *ΑΡ* *ΚΑ*Λ ΤΟ Δ
- Reverse legend
- ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΙ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23779
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23779
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. 551
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 384
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2850-2862
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution