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Olbia, Sarmatia, Black Sea Area

Olbia, located in what is modern-day Ukraine, was a Milesian colony at the convergence of the Hypanis and Borysthenes rivers, about 15 miles inland from the Northwest coast of the Black Sea. Well located for trade, Olbia was a prosperous trading city and major grain supplier in the 5th Century B.C.

Small bronze dolphins were cast in Olbia, beginning 550 - 525 B.C., first as sacrificial objects for worship of Apollo and later as a form of currency.


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BU34174. Coinage and Monetary Circulation in Olbia (6th century B.C. - 4th century A.D.) by Pyotr O. Karyshkovskij, Odessa, 2003, xvi + 684 pages, in Russian but useful plates and a U.S. $ price list supplement, USED, fine condition; $75.00 (€52.13)

Olbia, Sarmatia, Pseudo-Autonomous, c. 2nd Century A.D.
Click for a larger photo Obverse countermarked with:

1. winged caduceus, in oval punch, 5 x 10 mm, Howgego 390 (102 pcs);

2. large D in 6 x 7 mm punch, Howgego 787 (61 pcs).

Countermarks may have been used in the 170s, although the application of countermarks probably went on for a longer period of time.
CM38760. Bronze AE 26, cf. Anokhin 376, Coin Fair, countermarks VF, weight 5.501 g, maximum diameter 23.1 mm, Olbia mint, obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse [...]LB?[...], sea-eagle with spread wings?; beautiful patina; $30.00 (€20.85)

Olbia, Sarmatia, c. 5th Century B.C.
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35444. Bronze cast dolphin, SGCV 1684 var, VF, weight 1.551 g, maximum diameter 25.7 mm, obverse dolphin with raised spine, dorsal fin and tail; $29.00 (€20.16)

Olbia, Sarmatia, c. 5th Century B.C.
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35445. Bronze cast dolphin, SGCV 1684 var, VF, weight 1.892 g, maximum diameter 27.2 mm, obverse dolphin with raised spine, dorsal fin and tail; $29.00 (€20.16)

Olbia, Sarmatia, c. 5th Century B.C.
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35447. Bronze cast dolphin, SGCV 1684 var, VF, weight 1.291 g, maximum diameter 17.9 mm, obverse dolphin with raised spine, dorsal fin and tail; $29.00 (€20.16)

Olbia, Sarmatia, c. 5th Century B.C.
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35448. Bronze cast dolphin, SGCV 1684 var, VF, weight 2.037 g, maximum diameter 25.4 mm, obverse dolphin with raised spine, dorsal fin and tail; $29.00 (€20.16)

Olbia, Sarmatia, c. 5th Century B.C.
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SP38163. Bronze cast dolphin, SGCV 1684 var; bronze dolphin, sometimes with raised eye, spine, dorsal fin and/or tail, small examples, randomly selected from the coins in the photograph; one dolphin; $12.00 (€8.34)


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REFERENCES

Karyshkoviskij, P. Coinage and Monetary Circulation in Olbia (6th century B.C. - 4th century A.D.). (Odessa, 2003)

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