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Æ24
| Issuer | Olbia |
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| Year | 330 BC - 280 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of the river-god Borysthenes facing left, rendered in bold relief with flowing, deeply engraved locks of hair and a full beard rendered in undulating strands. Two short bovine horns rise from the forehead, emblematic of the deity's fluvial nature. The facial features are modelled in a vigorous Hellenistic style, with a prominent brow, large eye, and aquiline nose. The flan is characteristically irregular, as typical of Olbian civic bronze coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A battle-axe and a strung bow housed within a goryte (a combined bow-and-arrow case of Scythian type) depicted in the central field, reflecting the military and cultural milieu of the northern Black Sea region. The ethnic legend ΟΛΒΙΟ appears in the right field, identifying the issuing city of Olbia. A magistrate's monogram occupies the left field, varying by issue and serving as a control mark; numerous monograms are recorded for this type. The overall composition is compact and well-centred, rendered in a flat, linear engraving style characteristic of Olbian civic bronzes. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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