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A bronze coin of Olbia showing the river god Borysthenes Coin Type: Bronze AE24 of Olbia in Thrace
Mint and Date: Olbia, 250-200 BCE.
Size and Weight: 22mm x 24mm, 9.2g
Obverse: Horned, bearded head of the river-god Borysthenes (modern Dneiper) left.
Reverse: Bow in case; above it, an axe; above that, a monogram.
OΛBIO
Provenance: Antikacoins (eBay), May 2005
Ref: GCV 1685; SNG Cop.85 var (monogram)
BW Ref: 001 032 067
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