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| Anokhin 8 | Olbia, Sarmatia. late 5th Century BC. Cast AE Obol (142.56 gm). Head of Athena left, in crested Corinthian helmet; dolphin before / Four-spoked wheel; Π-A-Y-Σ in angles. | Text | Image |
| Anokhin 517 | Olbia, Sarmatia. AE13. ca 100-50 BC. 2.39 g. Lyre with three strings. / Star with eight rays. Anokhin 517; Hoover HGC 1921; Frolova 2161-2166; Blaramberg coll. 168. | Text | Image |
| Anokhin 518 | Olbia, Sarmatia. AE15, civic issue, mid-1st century BC. 2.82 g. Male head right, resembling Asander. / Palm frond (palm branch). Anokhin 518 (as 'Nike'); Hoover III, 1922 (as 'Nike'). | Text | Image |
| Frolova 235 | Olbia, Sarmatia, AE65, 4th century BC. Facing female head, wearing necklace / OΛBIH, eagle standing right on dolphin, head turned back, wings spread, palm branch above Y below. Frolova 235. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 718 | Olbia, Sarmatia, Black Sea. 330-250 BC. AE25. Horned head of river-god Borysthenes (Dniepr) left / OΛBIO,, bowcase and axe, Φ below. Frolova 718. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 814 | Olbia, Black Sea, AE24. 330-250 BC. Bearded and horned head of the river-god Dniepr left / OΛBIO legend above bowcase, bow and axe, issue mark ΦI below. Frolova 814; BMC Black Sea 469; Blaramberg 123. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 850 | Olbia, Sarmatia, 310-300 BC. Head of bearded river-god left / OΛBIA,, trident-labrys and bow-case. ΛA monogram below. Frolova 850. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 882 | Olbia, Sarmatia, AE22. 300-275 BC. Head of bearded river-god left / OΛBIO,, bowcase and axe, ΔI below. Frolova 882. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 1023 | Olbia, Sarmatia. AE23-23. Horned head of river-god Borysthenes (Dniepr) left / OΛBIA,, bowcase and axe, MOI below. Frolova 1023-1026. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 1040 | Olbia, Sarmatia. AE 21. 7.2 gr. Horned head of river-god Borysthenes (Dniepr) left / OΛBIO,, bow in bowcase and axe, HP monogram below. Frolova 1040; GIM 1232. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 2121 | Olbia, Sarmatia. AE16, civic issue, ca 100-90 BC. 3.57 g. Veiled and turreted head of Tyche or Kybele right. Countermark: laurel branch in circular incuse. / OΛBI-OΠOΛI, drum, with triangle to left and cymbals to right. Frolova 2121-2127; Blaramberg 163; Hoover 1917. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 2249 | Olbia, Black Sea, AE20mm, 4.2g. Laureate head of Zeus right, countermark: caduceus / OΛBIO-ΠOΛEITEΩN above and beneath eagle standing left, wings spread. ΘQ-EY across fields, ΠA monogram in left field. Frolova 2249; Blarmamberg Coll. 42. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 2329 | Olbia, Thrace-Scythia-Sarmatia. AE24. AD 69-96. 12.9 g. OΛBIOΠOΛEI, laureate head of Apollo right. / IEΡ ΘEO B (B is retrograde), sea-eagle standing right on dolphin, XAΡ monogram at lower right. Frolova 2329-2336. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 2469 | Olbia, Thrace-Scythia-Sarmatia. AE20. AD 69-96. 6.78 g. OΛBIOΠOΛ-EI, laureate head of Apollo right. / TΦCω, sea-eagle standing right on dolphin, XAΡ monogram above, ΠA monogram at lower right. Frolova & Abramzon 2469; RPC II 492; SNG Pushkin 519; SNG Stancomb 941. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet 16 | Olbia, Sarmatia. AE18. Head of Demeter right crowned with grain ears / / OΛBIO BΣE above and beneath eagle with closed wings, standing right on dolphin which it attacks with its beak. Mionnet Supp. II, 16; Sestini 47; SNG Black Sear:-; BMC:-. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 358 | Olbia, Scythia, AR stater, Dynast Eminakos, ca. 450-425 BC., 11.50g. [EMINAK]O , Herakles, naked and wearing lionskin headdress, kneeling right, stringing a bow / Four-spoked studded wheel of ‘solar-disk’ design, four dolphins swimming around, all within incuse square. SNG BM Black Sea 358; SNG Stancomb 342; Rosen 147; Jameson 2536. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 360 | Olbia, Sarmatia. c5th-4th Century BC. AE 30mm. Leaping dolphin with a dorsal spine. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 361 | Olbia, Sarmatia. 5th Century BC. Cast AE 29mm. Leaping dolphin with dorsal spine. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 362 | Olbia, Sarmatia. Circa 5th Century BC. Cast AE 42mm. Dolphin left with raised spine / Dolphin right with raised spine. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 362 | Olbia, Sarmatia. Circa 5th Century BC. Cast AE 42x12mm. Dolphin with raised spine / Similar. SNG Stancombe 334. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 367 | Olbia, Sarmatia. Circa 5th-4th Century BC. AE 30mm Dolphin. Leaping dolphin with a bulbous tail, protruding eye. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 369 | Olbia, Sarmatia. Late 5th-4th Century BC. AE Cast 27mm Dolphin with fin; Q Y on reverse. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 373 | Olbia, Sarmatia. 5th Century BC. Cast AE 28mm. Leaping dolphin; QU on flat reverse. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 376 | Olbia, Sarmatia. Cast AE26mm, Late 5th-4th C. BC. Leaping dolphin with dorsal spine; APIX:O on flat reverse. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 376cf | Olbia, Sarmatia Cast AE 43mm. Late 5th to 4th Century BC. Dolphin right / Flat with APIXO. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 387 | Olbia. 450-400. Cast AE 28mm. Gorgoneion / Wheel, A-P-I-X in corners. SNG Stancomb 344. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 389v | Sarmatia. Olbia. Later 5th-4th Century BC. AE Cast 28mm. Facing Gorgoneion / APIX within wheel. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 390ff | Olbia, Sarmatia. 400-350 BC. AE 63mm. Facing female head in necklace / OΛBIH, eagle standing left, head reverted. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 396 | Olbia, Sarmatia. 400-350 BC. Cast AE 36mm. Gorgoneion / Eagle standing left on dolphin. SNG BMC Black Sea 396-399; SNG Stancomb 346. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 396ff | Olbia. 400-350. Cast AE 35mm. Gorgoneion / Eagle standing left on dolphin. SNG Stancomb 346. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 382 | Olbia, Sarmatia. Circa 400-350 BC. AE Cast 66mm, Aes Leve. Gorgoneion / Eagle flying right, holding dolphin; APIX around. Thurlow & Vecchi pl. 1. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 418 | Olbia, AE8, 1.07 gr. ca 350-330 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / OΛBIO, beneath dolphin swimming right, barley corn at top left. SNG BM Black Sea 418. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 538 | Olbia, Sarmatia, AE18, civic issue. ca. 360-300 BC. 5.42 g. Turreted and wreathed head of Tyche left. / OΛBIA, archer kneeling left, drawing bow. AΡ monogram in left field. SNG BM Black Sea 538-539; Hoover HGC 1898; SNG Moscow 1554-1559; Mionnet Supp. II, 27; Frolova 1333-1336. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 550 | Olbia, Sarmatia, AV hemidrachm, ca. 330-300 BC. 12mm, 2.12 g. Head of Demeter left, wreathed with corn / OΛ beneath dolphin swimming left. SNG BMC Black Sea 550; Anokhin, Black Sea, 121. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 569 | Olbia, Sarmatia. AE14, civic issue, ca 240-230 BC. 3.74 g. Veiled head of Demeter right. / OΛBIO, corn-ear, MΔ downwards to left. SNG BMC Black Sea 569; SNG Stancomb 407 (this coin); Anson 1154; Mionnet Supp. I, 181; SNG Moskau 1771-1774; Hoover 1905. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 609 | Olbia, Sarmatia, AE21, civic issue. ca. 250-225 BC. 6.46 g. Radiate head of Helios facing. / OΛ, foreparts of two horses left and right. SNG BM Black Sea 609-610; Hoover HGC 1892; SNG Moscow 1843-1845; SNG Stancomb 418-421; Frolova 1494. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 633 | Olbia, Sarmatia, AE17, civic issue. ca. 175-150 BC. 4.77 g. Laureate head of Apollo right, countermark of helmeted head right within circular incuse below. / OΛBIO B-A EI-ΡH monogram, lyre. SNG BM Black Sea 633-636; Hoover HGC 1904; SNG Moscow 2189-2222; SNG Stancomb 443; Frolova 1917-1923. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 664 | Olbia, Sarmatia, c. 150 BC. AE13mm, 2.42g. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right. SNG BM Black Sea 664-5. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 677 | Olbia, Sarmatia. AE19, civic issue, ca 100-90 BC. 5.67 g. Laureate head of Zeus right, two countermarks: star and laurel branch. / OΛBI-OΠO ΛIT-EΩN in two lines to left and right of sceptre. SNG BMC 677 and 679-681; Frolova 2080-2088; Blaramberg 154 corr. ("arrow"); Hoover HGC 1895. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 678 | Olbia, Sarmatia. AE20, civic issue, ca 100-90 BC. 4.72 g. Laureate head of Zeus right, countermark: laurel branch. / OΛBI-OΠO ΛIT-EΩN in two lines to left and right of sceptre or thyrsos. SNG BMC 678; Frolova 2080-2088; Blaramberg 154 corr. ("arrow"); Hoover HGC 1895; Righetti IV, 10. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 689 | Olbia, Sarmatia, AE12, civic issue. ca. 130-120 BC. 2.63 g. Draped bust of Hermes to right, wearing petasos. / OΛBIA, winged caduceus. SNG BM Black Sea 689; SNG Moscow 2286-2299. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 71 | Dolphin-shaped coin, 0.95 gm. Two-sided fish with large eyes and fin, no tail. | Text | Image |
| Sear 1684 | Olbia, Thrace-Sarmatia, AE Dolphin, 26mm-28mm, c. 250 BC. Bold dolphin shape, with eye in relief. | Text | Image |
| Sear 1685 | Olbia, Thrace-Sarmatia. AE22, 310-280 BC. 10.24 g. Horned bearded river-god Borysthenes left. / OΛBIO, Bow in case; above axe; KI monogram above. SNG Cop.85var (monog.); Sear SG 1685; BMC 10; SNG BM Black Sea 467. | Text | Image |
| Frolova 2682 | Julia Domna AE21 of Olbia, Sarmatia. ΔOMNA AYΓOYCTA, draped bust right / OΛBIOΠOΛEITΩN, B (to left), eagle standing half right, head left. Frolova 2682. | Text | Image |
| SNG Moscow 2895 | Caracalla, AE22 of Olbia, Sarmatia. AD 198-217. 4.94 g. AYT M AYΡ ANTωNEINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / OΛBIOΠOΛEITωN, Zeus seated right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Value mark Δ below. SNG Moscow 2895-2903; Frolova 2667-2674; Mionnet Supp. II, 104-105. | Text | Image |
| SNG Moscow 2920 | Geta, AE15 of Olbia, Sarmatia. AD 198-209. 2.11 g. K Λ Θ CEΠTI ΓETAC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / OΛBIOΠOΛEITωN, Warrior standing right, holding spear and extending left hand. A in left field. SNG Moscow 2920-2935; Frolova 2699-2707. | Text | Image |
| SNG Moscow 2936 | Severus Alexander AE24 of Olbia, Sarmatia. AD 222-235. 8.70 g. AYT K M AYΡ CEOY AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate head right. / OΛBIOΠOΛEITωN, eagle standing front, head left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak, small altar between legs. Value mark Δ in upper right field. SNG Moscow 2936-2956; SNG Stancomb 949-950; Blaramberg 196; Frolova 2708-2713; Mionnet Supp. II, 106. | Text | Image |
| SNG Moscow 2970 | Severus Alexander AE15 of Olbia, Sarmatia. AD 222-235. 2.64 g. AYT K CEOY AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate head right. / OΛB-ΠOΛI-TωN in three lines within wreath. SNG Moscow 2970-2978; SNG Stancomb 951; Blaramberg 197; Frolova 2742-2750. | Text | Image |
| Blaramberg: Choix des medailles antiques d'Olbiopolis ou Olbia pdf from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | |||
| Another version: | Blaramberg: Choix des medailles antiques d'Olbiopolis ou Olbia pdf from the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris | ||
| Entry for Olbia, Sarmatia on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||
