|
|
Olba (AD 193-211) AE 28 - Septimius Severus1624 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE28 (15.43g). Septimius, radiate, on horseback right, right hand raised; c/m: thunderbolt on throne / Serapis standing right, holding sceptre, right hand raised. Near VF, dark green patina with some smoothed red encrustation.
|
|
Olba (BC 50-0) AE 24760 viewsend of 1st century BC. AE24 (9.04g, 4h). Throne chair 3/4 to right, EP to left / Winged thunderbolt, NI above, ΟΛΒΕΩΠbelow. Rare. Green-brown patina, aEF.
|
|
Olba (AD 10-15) AE 22 - Ajax691 viewsAjax, High Priest and Toparch, 10-15 AD. AE22 (6.66g), struck 10/11 AD. ΑΙΑÎΤΟΣ ΤΕΥΚΡΟΥ, bust of Ajax as Hermes wearing pilos right, kerykeion (caduceus) over breast / AΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ / ΤΟΠΑΡΧΟΥ - ΚΕÎ/ÎΑΤΩΠ/ ΛΑΛΑΣΣ, triskeles, in field A (date = year 1). Dark green patina, VF. Gutknecht coll.
|
|
Olba (AD 69-81) AE 24- Domitian628 viewsDomitian, as Caesar and Titus, 69-81 AD. AE24 (15.79g). ΔOMITIANOY KAIΣAPOΣ, bare head of Domitian left / AYTOKPATOPOΣ TITOY OYEΣΠACIANOY, bare head of Titus right. Olive green patina, VF. Very rare.
RPC 1720 lists five specimens, all from the same die pai. The same obverse die of Domitian Caesar was also used for RPC 1721, whose reverse names the koinon of the Lalasseis and the Cennatae, proving that the mint must have been Olba, the metropolis of this koinon. RPC considers this die to have functioned as an obverse die for RPC 1721, but as a reverse die for RPC 1720. But more likely it functioned as an obverse die for both coins.
|
|
Olba (AD 10-15) AE 14 - Ajax573 viewsAjax, high priest and toparch, 10-15 AD. AE14 (3.23g, 12h), dated RY 5 (14-15 AD). Head of Ajax as Hermes right, wearing close fitting cap / Inscription in three lines; two monograms. F/VF, green patina, obverse pitted.
|
|
Olba (AD 193-211) AE 31 - Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and Caracalla553 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Julia Domna and Caracalla, 193-211 AD. AE31 (19.77g). Confronted busts of Septimius, on right, and Domna, on left; c/m: Nike(?) / Caracalla standing left, holding Nike and spear. VF, brown surfaces.
|
|
Olba (AD 70-100) AE 18532 viewsImperial Times, after ca 54 AD. AE18 (5.26g, 12h). Head of Athena, helmeted, right / Harpa between caps of the Dioscuri, stars above. Fine, brown patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 10-15) AE 21 - Ajax512 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD, under Ajax, high priest and toparch, 10-15 AD. AE21 (6.78g), struck ca 11/12 AD. AIANTOΣ TEVKPOV, draped bust of Ajax right, wearing cap and with caduceus before neck / APXIEPEΩΣ TOΠAPXO KENNAT ΛAΛOΣ ET B (=year 2) across field, thunderbolt. Olive green patina. EF.
|
|
Olba (AD 10-15) AE 23 - Ajax498 viewsAugustus, 27 BC-14 AD, under Ajax, high priest and toparch, 10-15 AD. AE23 (12.50g), struck ca 10/11 AD. KAIΣΑPΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟV, head laureate right / KENNATΩN KAI ΛAΛAΣΣEΩN around, APXIEPEΩΣ AIANTOΣ TEVKPOV TOΠAPXOV ET A (=year1) across field, thunderbolt. Olive green patina, aEF.
|
|
Olba (AD 41-69) AE 16 - Polemo III479 viewsM. Antonius Polemo III, high priest, 41-69 AD. AE16 (2.41g, 6h). Club / Harpa on globe. VF, brown patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 10-15) AE 16 - Ajax468 viewsQuasi-autonomous, 1st century AD. AE16 (4.52g), struck under Ajax, son of Teukros, archiereus of Olba and toparch of Kennatis and Lalassis, 11-12 AD (year 2). TOΠAPX / KENNAT / [Λ]AΛAΣ / ET B, in dotted circle / Thunderbolt, APXIEP / AIANTOΣ above, TEVKPOV beneath; all in dotted circle. Very rare, about EF, glossy dark-green patina. Hoeft coll.; ex Sternberg AG Zürich XXV (1991), lot 160; ex Gutknecht coll. (M&M XVII (2005), lot 965).
Olba was for a long time a quasi-autonomous priest kingdom. It's main god was Zeus Olbios. Hence the thunderbolt on the rev.
|
|
Olba (AD 10-15) AE 17- Ajax459 viewsAjax, High Priest and Toparch, 10-15 AD. AE17 (4.42g), struck 10/11 AD. ΤΟΠΑΡΧ ΚΕΝΝΑΤ ΛΑΛΑΣ ΕΤ Α (=year 1) / ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕ ΑΙΑΝΤΟΣ ΤΕΥΚΡΟΥ, triskeles and ET-A. VF.
|
|
Olba (AD 17-36) AE 26 - Polemo II423 viewsM. Antonius Polemo, high priest, ca 17-36 AD. AE26 (13.10g), dated year 10 (27/8 AD). Bare head right / Thunderbolt. VF, green patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 17-36) AE 25 - Polemo II400 viewsM. Antonius Polemo II, high priest, ca 17-36 AD. AE25 (15.99g), dated year 11 (28/9 AD). Draped bust right / Throne; triskeles behind. VF, dark brown patina, a few ancient scratches (adjustment marks?) under the patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 70-100) AE 17391 viewsAutonomous, 1st cent BC. AE17 (3.08g). Club tied with a fillet / ΟΛΒΕ-ΩΝ, crenelated tower.
|
|
Olba (AD 10-15) AE 24 - Ajax387 views14/15 AD. AE24 (12.85g). Ajax, high priest of Olba. Dated year 5 (14/5 AD). Laureate head of Augustus right / Thunderbolt; date below. VF, even brown surfaces.
|
|
Olba (AD 161-169) AE 20 - Lucius Verus386 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE20 (6.46g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟC, laureate head right / ΟΛΒΕΩΝ, river god Calycadnus reclining left. Good VF, green patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 100-200) AE 17382 viewsImperial Times, 2nd century AD. AE17 (3.62g). Head of Herakles right, club behind / OΛBEΩN, crenelated tower. Rare, good very fine.
|
|
Olba (AD 147-175) AE 23 - Faustina Jr.378 viewsFaustina Jr., wife of Marcus Aurelius, Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE23 (10.16g). Diademed and draped bust right / Winged thunderbolt. Good VF, dark greenish-brown patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 17-36) AE 24 - Polemo II376 viewsM. Antonius Polemo II, high priest, 17-36 AD. AE24 (12.20g, 4h). Bare head right / Thunderbolt. VF, brown patina, area of deposit, reverse pit.
|
|
Olba (AD 117-138) AE 20 - Hadrian374 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE20 (4.74g). Laureate head right / Diademed and draped bust of Lunar goddess right, within crescent. VF, green patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 161-169) AE 27 - Lucius Verus363 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE27 (13.44g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right. VF, dark brown patina, light roughness. Ex von Aulock Collection, 5797.
|
|
Olba (AD 161-169) AE 29 - Lucius Verus363 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE29 (14.47g). AVT KAICA AVPH-LI OVHPO[...], laureate and draped bust right / [...] ΟΛΒΕΩΠΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩ, Lucius Verus (on left side) and Marcus Aurelius (on right) clasping hands; OMO/NOIA in field in between. Rare. Dark green patina, very fine.
|
|
Olba (AD 68-69) AE 23 – Galba361 viewsGalba, 68-69 AD. AE23 (11.06g, 11h). Bare head right / Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield. Near VF, green patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 10-15) AE 25 - Ajax347 views14/15 AD. AE25 (10.65g). ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ KAIΣΑΡ, laureate head of Augustus right / APXIEPEΩΣ AIANTOΣ TEVKTOV TOΠΑPXOV KENNATΩN KAI ΛΑΛΑΣΣΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΔΩ Ε (= year 5 = 14/15 AD), thunderbolt. Great portrait, small flan-flaws on obverse, very fine.
|
|
Olba (AD 70-100) AE 19346 viewsAutonomous Issues, ca 1st cent AD. AE19 (4.14g). Filleted club of Hercules / Tall crenellated tower. VF, dark brown patina, with earthen encrustation.
|
|
Olba (AD 164-182) AE 26 - Lucilla327 viewsLucilla, wife of Lucius Verus. Augusta, 164-182 AD. AE26 (9.77g). Draped bust right / Nemesis sianding left, holding cubit-rule; wheel at her feet. VF, black patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 117-138) AE 24 - Hadrian315 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE24 (10.28g, 1h) . Laureate head right / Thunderbolt. Near VF, brown patina. Interesting imaginary portrait.
|
|
Olba (AD 1-100) AE 18313 viewsImperial Times, 1st century AD. AE18 (3.82g). Throne of Zeus / OΛBЄΩN, Hermes with purse and caduceus. Very rare. Green patina, VF.
|
|
Olba (AD 54-68) AE 25 - Nero310 viewsNero, 54-68 AD. AE25 (10.67g). ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ÎЄΡΩÎΑ ΤΟΠЄΥЄΡΓ CЄΒΑCΤ ΚΑΙC, laureate head right / Îœ ΑÎΤ ΠΟΛЄΜΩΠΒΑCΙΛЄΥC, Kerykeion in between snakes. Rare. Green patina, VF.
|
|
Olba (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla306 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (14.11g, 12h). Emperor on horseback right, raising right hand / Helios, holding whip, driving quadriga right. VF, dark green patina, rough reverse. Very rare – the only example known to Staffieri.
|
|
Olba (AD 177-192) AE 21 - Commodus296 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE21 (9.21g, 7h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left / Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse and caduceus. Near VF, brown patina.
|
|
Olba (AD 138-161) AE 25 - Antoninus Pius293 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE25 (8.29g, 1h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt. VF, earthen green patina. Krizan Coll.
|
|
Olba (AD 69-81) AE 19 - Domitian275 viewsDomitian, as Caesar, 69-81 AD. AE19 (5.14g, 6h). Bare head left / Cornucopia. VF, black patina, light earthen deposits. Levante Coll.
|
|
Olba (AD 54-68) AE 28 - Nero 272 viewsNero, with Polemo II, King of Pontus, 54-68 AD. AE28 (12.50g, 6h). Struck ca 67-68 AD. Laureate head right / M ANT ΠOΛЄMΩ BACIΛЄYC, winged caduceus between two serpents. Near VF, green patina. Very rare.
|
|
Olba (AD 161-180) AE 18 - Marcus Aurelius248 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE18 (3.63g, 12h). Laureate head right / Pilei of the Dioscuri surmounted by stars. VF, earthen green patina. Rare. Ex Eduardo Levante Coll.
|
|
Olba (AD 161-180) AE 28 - Marcus Aurelius226 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE28 (9.91g, 11h). Draped bust right / Dionysus standing left, holding thrysos and kantharos over panther. Near VF, green patina, some roughness. The only specimen cited by Staffieri for this type. Ex Eduardo Levante Coll.
|
|
Olba (AD 161-180) AE 20 - Marcus Aurelius206 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE20 (6.45g, 1h). Laureate head right / Mercury standing left, holding bag and caduceus. Near VF, green and brown patina, some roughness. Scarce issue. Ex Eduardo Levante Coll.
|
|
Olba (BC 50-0) AE 18202 viewsAutonomous issue, 1st century BC. AE18 (5.18g, 1h). Helmeted head of Mars (?) right / ΟΛBЄΩN, spear between caps of the Dioscuri surmounted by stars. Very rare. Slightly rough, otherwise gVF.
SNG Levante dates this issue to the Roman Imperial times but the style, fabric and transversal ethnic look earlier. It may have been struck sometime in the 1st century BC, before the Teukrid priest-kings appear on Olba's coinage, with the obverse type reflecting the increasing Roman influence in the era.
|
|
|
|
|
