Apo(...), agoranomos (Olbia)

Olbia

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

3.00 cm

3.00 cm

0.50 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Dolphin	Relief	LEFT	Leaping	One

Krapivina 2003: Museum of Archaeology IA NASU, Kiev. Not cleaned; excellent state of preservation. It is square with slightly pronounced corners; dimensions: 2.7-3.0 × 2.7-3.0 × 0.5 cm; weight 49.393 g. On the obverse is a dolphin l., represented in high relief with the inscriptions ΟΛΒΙΟ above it and ΑΠΟ beneath it. Drawn on the obverse is a monogram, which may read: TE. The weight corresponds to 1/8 of the Euboic-Attic mina of standard 100.
Killen 2017: Quadratisches Gewicht mit konkaven Seiten, Relief: VS: Delphin n. l. Inschr.: VS: ΟΛΒΙΟ(πολειτῶν) | ΑΠΟ[- - ‑]; RS: ΤΕ (Monogramm, eingeritzt).

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Mint, Unidentified

ΟΛΒΙΟ

ΑΠΟ   

ΤΕ (monogram)

Ὀλ̣βιο(πολειτῶν) | ΑΠΟ
ΤΕ (monogram)

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -100

Killen 2017: 350–200 v. Chr. (Krapivina).

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
National Academy of Science of Ukraine – Institute of Archaeology	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Krapivina 2003	122	14	fig. 6	None
Killen 2017a	208	Olb b 1	None	None