Olbia

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

1.80 cm

1.70 cm

0.20 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Female figure	Relief				Head
Demeter / Ceres	Relief				Head
Dolphin	Relief	LEFT

Krapivina 2003: Private collection. Cleaned and mostly well preserved. It is almost square, measuring 1.8 × 1.7 × 0.2 cm; weight 5.64 g. On the obverse is a rather unclear representation of a human head en face (Demeter?); on the reverse is a dolphin l. and a low frame. A photograph of a weight of similar shape and dimensions has been published among the plates of P.O. Karyskovskij, but unfortunately its actual weight is not specified. On the obverse of the last-mentioned is a representation of the head of Demeter in profile, l. The image on the reverse is similar to that on our example: dolphin l. and a low frame. Karyskovskij linked this weight to the local silver coins bearing a representation of Demeter from the second half of the 4th century BC. The weight of no. 5 corresponds to 1/2 of the silver coins with Demeter of Subgroups 1-3 and to the weight of some individual coins of Subgroup 3. In contrast, this weight corresponds to 10 obols of the Chian-Rhodian system (cf. no. 6 below).
Killen 2017: Quadratisches Gewicht mit Relief: VS: frontaler Kopf (Demeter?); RS: Delphin n. l.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -100

Killen 2017: 2. Hälfte 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Krapivina).

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Private collection	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Krapivina 2003	118	5	fig. 2	None
Killen 2017a	208–209	Olb b 11	None	None