3626 - Olbia (AE Helios/Horses) over Olbia (Demeter/axe and bowcase) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll. 356)
From SILVER
210 BCE - 200 BCE | ΟΛ
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Marc Bar 356. | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | M. Bar collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Helios facing, wearing radiate crown. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΟΛ (Greek) Conjoined foreparts of two horses. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Olbia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace (Sarmatia) | Modern countryModern country: Ukraine | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.457.45 g <br />7,450 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | SNG Belgique, n° 356. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 3.21HGC 3.2, n° 1892, Anokhin 20112Anokhin 2011, n° 449 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
- ^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (2011), Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region : catalog, Kiev, Izdatelʹskiĭ dom "Stilos", p. 326.