Olbia

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Rectangle

3.40 cm

3.00 cm

0.50 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Male figure	Relief	LEFT			Head
Arrow	Relief	DOWN			Head
Arrow	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck

Krapivina 2003: Museum of Archaeology IA NASU, Kiev.Cleaned; well preserved. The weight is rectangular, measuring: 3.4 × 2.9-3.0 × 0.4-0.5 cm; weight 52.52 g. On the obverse, represented in low relief, is a male head in profile l.; in front of it an arrowhead pointing downwards. Possibly Apollon is intended. Beneath his image is the inscription ΟΛΒΙΟ. Above the arrowhead is a circular countermark 1.0 cm in diameter, 0.05 cm deep, representing a flying butterfly. On the reverse, an incision: +I can be seen. The weight corresponds to 1/8 of the Euboic-Attic mina of standard 100.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Mint

Ὀλ̣βιο(πολειτῶν) || +I

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -100

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
Koshelenko et al. 1984	253	None	pl. LXVI/5	None
Krapivina 2003	123	17	fig. 8	None