¼ Æ Obol

Features

Issuer	Olbia (Skythia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	480 BC - 440 BC
Value	¼ Obol (1⁄24)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Brąz
Weight	38 g
Diameter	40 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Cast
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 348819
References	Anokhin# 166 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , SNG BM Black Sea# 377-378 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Pushkin 1.1# 35 Sergei Kovalenko; 2011. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Russia, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts / Volume 1.1. Coins of the Black Sea Region: Ancient Coins from the Northern Black Sea Littoral. Peeters Publishers, Leuven, Belgium.

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Obverse

(en) Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; dolphin before.

Reverse

Czteroramienne koło; nazwa sędziego w kątach. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: Π-A-Y-Σ

Mint

Olbia, Moesia, Ukraine

Comments

(en)

The cast series of Olbia has a close resemblance to the Italian Aes Grave both of whose function was to provide denominations in bronze at its intrinsic value. The theoretical ratio of silver to bronze in Italy before 217 BC was about 1:144 and this would presumably have been much the same in the Black Sea region.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (480 BC - 440 BC)

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