Aristo(...), agoranomos (Olbia)

Olbia

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

4.00 cm

3.80 cm

0.80 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Dolphin	Relief	LEFT		One

Krapivina 2003: Museum of Archaeology IA NASU, Kiev. Not cleaned; excellent state of preservation. The weight is rectangular with slightly pronounced corners, measuring 3.9-4.0 × 3.6-3.8 × 0.8 cm.; weight 101.895 g. On the obverse there is a fairly realistic representation of a dolphin facing l. with the inscriptions ΟΛΒΙΟ above and ΑΡΙCΤΟ beneath it. Placed above the dolphin’s tail is a circular countermark with a diameter of 0.9 cm and a depth of 0.10-0.25 cm, bearing the letters ΠΟ (“Ο” written inside “Π”). The weight corresponds to 1/4 of the Euboic-Attic mina of standard 100.
Killen 2017: Quadratisches Gewicht mit leicht konkaven Seiten, rundem Stempel und Relief: Delphin n. l. Inschr.: ΟΛΒΙΟ(πολειτῶν) | ΑΡΙCΤΟ[- - -]; ΠΟ (Monogramm im Stempel).

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Mint

ΟΛΒΙΟ

ΑΡΙCΤΟ  

ΠΟ (countermarked) 

Ὀλ̣βιο(πολειτῶν) | ΑΡΙCΤΟ
ΠΟ (countermarked)

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	124	20	fig. 10	None
Killen 2017a	208	Olb b 2	None	None