Olbia

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

4.30 cm

4.20 cm

0.60 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Apollo	Relief	LEFT			Head
Arrow	Relief	DOWN		One	Head

Krapivina 2003: Museum of Archaeology IA NASU, Kiev. Not cleaned; excellent state of preservation. Almost square weight, measuring 4.2-4.3 × 4.2 × 0.6 cm; weight 103.584 g. Represented on the obverse is a male head in profile with laurel wreath l. and an arrowhead pointing downwards in front of it. The head is evidently that of Apollon(?). Beneath it is the inscription ΟΛΒΙΟ. On the lateral side of the weight: ΓΗ. The weight corresponds to 1/4 of the Euboic-Attic mina of standard 100. In terms of its shape and dimensions this item is identical to that published in Karyskovskij’s book, but the weight of the latter is not specified. This piece has the inscription ΟΛΒΙΟ under a representation of the head of a deity (probably Demeter) in three quarters view. The iconography of Demeter is the closest counterpart to the facing goddess on an extremely rare Olbian silver coin dated by Karyskovskij to the third quarter of the 4th century BC and by V.A. Anochin to 330-300 BC.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek		Mint, Unidentified

ΟΛΒΙΟ

ΓΗ  

Ὀλ̣βιο(πολειτῶν) | ΓΗ

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/4	None
Krapivina 2003	124-125	21	fig. 11	None