Olbia, bronze (CN type 23782)
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 23782. Obverse: Lyre. Reverse: Apollo standing left, holding laurel-branch in right hand, resting left arm on column.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 17–18 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.19 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Olbia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Lyre.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing left, holding laurel-branch in right hand, resting left arm on column.
- Obverse legend
- *ΑΡ* *ΚΑ*Λ Τ Δ
- Reverse legend
- ΟΛΒΙΟΠΟΛΙ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23782
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23782
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. 554
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 387
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2876-2882
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution