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- ID: 268
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1998-02-11
THRACE. Olbia.
Cast bronze “Fish” money in the shape of a dolphin.
84,91 g. c.94×34 mm.
Ref.: B.A. Anokhin, Black Sea coinage (Kiew 1989, in Russian), p. 104 and pl. 3,17 (92,54 g).
BoC: 20/1, 1995, p.11.
FAKE – This counterfeit was offered to an US collegue as the specimen illustrated in Anokhin after it had been cleaned – this would explain the different weight.