Olba (AD 10-15) AE 16 - Ajax

Quasi-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). TOÎ APX / KENNAT / [Î›]AÎ›AÎ£ / ET B, in dotted circle / Thunderbolt, APXIEP / AIANTOÎ£ above, TEVKPOV beneath; all in dotted circle. Very rare, about EF, glossy dark-green patina. Hoeft coll.; ex Sternberg AG ZÃ¼rich 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.

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Filename:	olba_SNGparis807.jpg
City/Mint name:	Olba
Keywords:	bronze / roman
References:	SNG France 807; RPC I, 3729; Staffierie, Olba 15, 14
Valuation:	$210, ARC
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