Kritobou(los), agoranomos (Olbia)

Olbia

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Rectangle

5.20 cm

5.00 cm

0.70 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Dolphin	Relief	RIGHT	Leaping

Krapivina 2003: Museum of Archaeology IA NASU, Kiev. Not cleaned; well preserved. The weight is rectangular with slightly pronounced corners, measuring 4.6-5.2 × 4.3-5.0 × 0.7 cm; weight 107.694 g. On the obverse, a dolphin r. is schematically represented, beneath it the inscription ΟΛΒΙΟ | ΚΡΙΤΟΒΟΥ. The weight corresponds to 1/4 of the Euboic-Attic mina of standard 100.
Killen 2017: Quadratisches Gewicht mit konkaven Seiten und Relief: Delphin n. r. Inschr.: ΟΛΒΙΟ(πολειτῶν) | ΚΡΙΤΟΒΟΥ.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Mint

ΟΛΒΙΟ

ΚΡΙΤΟΒΟΥ 

Ὀλ̣βιο(πολειτῶν) | Κριτοβού(λου).

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	125	22	fig. 12	None
Killen 2017a	208	Ol I b 5	None	None