Coin of Olbia in shape of dolphin
about 400–350 B.C.
MintOlbia, Sarmatia
Medium/TechniqueBronze, cast
DimensionsOverall: 24.5 mm. Weight: 1.48 gm.
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession number58.312
On View
On viewClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection; by 1958: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (Glendining auction of the Lockett Collection, part 6, February 12-13, 1958, lot 1540, partial); purchased at the Glendining auction on behalf of MFA by A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; March 13, 1958: purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. for £ 5,354/8/0 (this is the total price of 58.301-58.313)
late 19th century
Late 19th century
about mid-5th century B.C.
about 400–350 B.C.
1927; cast about 1955
17th century
early 13th century
dated 1269 (Bun'ei 6)
9th–12th century A.D.
2nd century
late 2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
19th century