Philo(...), agoranomos (Olbia)

Olbia

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Rectangle

3.60 cm

3.40 cm

0.40 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Dolphin	Relief	RIGHT		One
Demeter / Ceres	Stamped / Countermarked				Head

Krapivina 2003: Private collection. Cleaned; well preserved. The weight is rectangular, measuring 3.6 × 3.4 × 0.4 cm; weight 51.3 g. On the obverse a dolphin r. is schematically represented. Beneath it the inscription ΟΛΒΙΟ | ΦΙΛΩ is legible. Below the tail of the dolphin is a circular countermark 0.8-0.9 cm in diameter with a representation of a woman – possibly Demeter – en face. The weight corresponds to 1/8 of the Euboic-Attic mina of standard 100.
Killen 2017: quadratisches Gewicht mit Relief: Delphin n. r., runder Stempel: Frauenkopf, frontal (Demeter?). Inschr.: ΟΛΒΙΟ(πολειτῶν) | ΦΙΛΩ[- - -].

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Mint

ΟΛΒΙΟ

ΦΙΛΩ    

Ὀλ̣βιο(πολειτῶν) | ΦΙΛΩ

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -100

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

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Private collection	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Krapivina 2003	122	15	fig. 7	None
Killen 2017a	208	Olb b 9	None	None