Olbia

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

0.80 cm

0.80 cm

0.05 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
0.85	-	-	Krapivina 2003	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Dolphin	Relief
Athena / Minerva	Relief				Head
Female figure	Relief				Head
Helmet	Relief

Krapivina 2003: Private collection. Cleaned; well preserved. Trapezoidal, measuring 0.7-0.8 × 0.8 × 0.05-0.15 cm; weight 0.85 g. On the obverse there is an image of a head in a helmet right – probably Athena; on the reverse a stylized representation of a dolphin. The head of Athena is fairly common as a countermark on the Olbian silver and copper coins from the 3rd-2nd century BC and typical on the coins of smaller denominations with the abbreviation ΒΣΕ from the first quarter of the 2nd century BC. The weight is close to 1/2 of the coins of small denomination mentioned above.
Killen 2017: Trapezoides Gewicht mit Relief: VS: Kopf mit Helm n. r. (Athena?); RS: Delphin.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -100

Killen 2017: 3.–2. Jh. v. Chr. (Krapivina).

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Unidentified Private Collections	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Krapivina 2003	117–118	2	fig. 1	None
Killen 2017a	209	Olb b 13	None	None