Unidentified

Olbia

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

2.55 cm

2.35 cm

0.45 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
16.90	-	March 31, 2017	Autopsy A. Pugliese	No	Yes	Yes
16.91	-	-	Krapivina 2003	No	No	No
1.10	16.91	-	British museum (obvious mistake: grains instead of grams)	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Dolphin	Relief	LEFT

Worn

Corroded

Autoptic examination: Square bronze weight. One face presents a small frame around the edges and a slightly depressed panel; here a dolphin is in relief. Above and below the dolphin, is engraved an inscription; the letters are almost erased and the text is hardly legible. The other face is plain. The object presents some sign of wear and is rather corroded, with the typical green patina.
Krapivina 2003: Not cleaned; well preserved. Of rectangular shape, measuring 2.4×2.2×0.4 cm. Weight 16.91 g. The edges of the object are uneven, and probably for that reason it has not been cleaned, as this might cause loss in weight. On the obverse there is a rather small frame on three sides and a dolphin l. with the inscription ΟΛΒΙΟ above it and a three-line inscription beneath. The inscription is poorly imprinted; below and to the right of it, some burrs of metal are discernible; the scarcely legible text has been roughly reconstructed as ΟΕΥΚΑΙ(?) | ΟΥΣΚΑΕ | [...]ΑΝΑ[...] possibly representing three names. The weight corresponds to four drachms of the Euboic-Attic system of standard 100. Parallels have been recorded in the Athenian Agora and in Olynthos.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Mint

Ὀλ̣β̣ιο̣(πολειτῶν) | Θ̣ΕΥΚΛ̣Ε̣ | ΟΥΣ[..]Ε̣ | [..]ΝΔ[..].

GREEK

FROM -350 TO -200

Killen 2017: ab letztem Drittel des 3. Jhs. v. Chr. (Krapivina).

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
British Museum (London)	Dec. 15, 1905	1905,1215.2
Mavrogordato Collection	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Krapivina 2003	120	9	None	None
Killen 2017a	208	Olb b 10	pl. 17/8	None

British Museum notes: additional ID: 1905,1203.85 (C&M Number)
Krapivina 2003: A photograph of an example of similar shape and dimensions has been published among the plates of P.O. Karyškovskij, but unfortunately with its weight unspecified. On the obverse of this specimen is a representation of a bearded head in profile, l.; on the reverse is a representation similar to that on no. 9: a dolphin l. and a low frame, but without inscription. Karyškovskij thought this weight to be closely linked to the silver coins of the 4th century BC bearing the representation of Demeter. [See #13881]

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