RPC I 3723 | Olba, Cilicia, AE24, semi-autonomous issue. Year 7, ca. 30-1 BC. 9.04 g. EΡ behind throne seen in perspective right. / IN (or sideways barred Z) above, OΛBEΩN below, winged thunderbolt. RPC I, 3723; BMC 1; Staffieri Olba 1; SNG von Aulock 5782; SNG Levante 645; Paris 842; SNG France II, 839; Lindgren I 1562. | Text |  |
RPC 3725 | Olba, Cilicia, AE20. Ajax, High Priest and Toparch. Year 1 (circa 10-13 AD). 7.04 g. AIANTOΣ TEYKΡOY, draped bust of Ajax right, wearing priest's cap and with caduceus before neck. / AΡXIEΡEΩΣ TOΠAΡXOY KENNAT ΛAΛAΣΣ, triskeles rotating left, ET-A across fields. RPC I 3725; BMC 2; SNG vA 5783; SNG Levante 630; Paris 833-824 and 836; Waddington 4418; SNG Cop 186; Boston MFA 63.2620; Staffieri 7–8. | Text |  |
RPC 3726 | Olba, Cilicia AE 14. Ajax, High Priest 10-15 AD. Struck AD 10-11. AΡXIEΡEΩΣ AIANTOΣ above, TEYKΡOY below, triskeles flanked by ET—A (year 1) / TOΠAΡ KENNAT ΛAΛAΣ ET A, legend in four lines within dotted border. BMC Cilicia 3. | Text |  |
SNG France II, 844 | Olba, Cilicia, Civic issue, 100-1 BC. 3.82 g. Throne of Zeus placed slightly right / OΛBEΩN, Hermes, naked but for chlamys over chest and shoulders, standing left, holding purse and caduceus. SNG France II, 844; Paris 846; Waddington 4430; Staffieri Olba 43. | Text |  |
SNG Lev 631 | Olba, Cilicia, AE 18mm. Dated year 1 (10-11 AD). Ajax, high priest and toparch. Triskeles; AΡXIEΡE[ΩΣ] AIANTOΣ TENKΡON ET A / TOΠAΡX KENNAT ΛAΛAΣ A legend in four lines.
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SNG Lev 632 | Olba, Cilicia, AE21, (7.53 g). Dated year 2 (AD 11-12). Ajax, high priest and toparch. AIANTOΣ TEYKΡOY, Head of Ajax as Hermes, in close-fitting cap right; caduceus in right field. / AΡXIEΡEΩΣ TOΠAΡX KENNATΩN ΛAΛAΣ ET B above and beneath winged thunderbolt. SNG Levante 632; SNG Lewis 1730; SNG Pfalz 992-993. | Text |  |
SNG Lev 633 | Olba, Cilicia, AE 15mm (2.09 gm). Dated year 2 (11-12 AD). Ajax, high priest and toparch. Head of Ajax as Hermes, in close-fitting cap right / AIANTOΣ TENKΡON B legend in four lines.
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SNG Lev 641 corr | Olba, Cilicia, M. Antonius Polemo II. Ca 17-36 AD. AE 24mm. MAΡK ANTΩNIOY ΠOΛEMΩNOΣ AΡXIEΡEΩΣ, bare head right. / ΔYNAΣTOY OΛBEΩN THΣ IEΡAΣ KENNAT-KAI ΛAΛAΣΣEΩN in two circles around winged thunderbolt (sometimes with ET IA in field). RPC I 3739B; Staffieri Olba 33-34; Lindgren I 1567; SNG Levante 641-642; SNG France II 835; Waddington 4412; Paris 831. | Text |  |
SNG Lev 645 | Olba, Cilicia AE 24mm. 100-10 BC. EΡ, Empty throne of Zeus Olbius placed slightly right / OΛBEΩN, winged thunderbolt; NI above. BMC 1; SNG von Aulock 5782; RPC I 3723; Staffieri Olba 1; SNG Levante 645; Paris 842; SNG France II 839.
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SNG Levante 646 | Olba, Cilicia, AE19, semi-autonomous issue, AD 70-100. 4.14 g. Filleted club. / OΛBEΩN, tower with three battlements. SNG Levante 646 (this coin); BMC 21; Paris 848-849; Waddington 4432; Staffieri Olba 40; SNG France II, 841-842; SNG von Aulock 5794. | Text |  |
AUGUSTUS |
RPC 3724 | Augusts AE 22mm of Olba, Cilica. Struck by Ajax, high priest of Olba and governor of Lalassis and Cennatis, dated Year 1 = 10-11 AD. KAIΣAΡOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, laureate head right / KENNATΩN KAI ΛAΛAΣΣEΩN around, AΡXIEΡE ΩΣ AIANTOΣ above, TΡYKΡOY TOΠAΡCOY ET A beneath winged thunderbolt. BMC 9, SNG Cop 188, SGI 103. | Text |  |
TIBERIUS |
RPC 3731 | Tiberius AE24 of Olba, Cilicia. Ajax, high priest and toparch. Dated year 5 (14-15 AD). ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY KAIΣAΡ, laureate head right / KENNATΩN KAI ΛAΛAΣΣEΩN around AΡXIEΡΩΣ AIANTOΣ TEYKΡOY TOΠAΡXOY EΠI ΔIOΔΩ, thunderbolt with date ET E at center. SNG Levante 638. | Text |  |
NERO |
RPC 3740 | Nero, AE27 of Olba, Cilicia. 15.98 gr. 54-68 AD. CEBACT KAIC AYTOKΡ NEΡONA TON EYEΡΓ, laureate head right / BACIΛEYC M ANT ΠOΛEMΩN, winged caduceus between two upright serpents. RPC I 3740; SNG Levante 649; Lindgren I 1568; SNG France II, 845. | Text |  |
TITUS(struck by VESPASIAN) |
RPC 1719 | Titus, AE24 of Cilicia, Olba. 23.9 mm, 11.01 g. (legend unclear) Laureate head of Vespasian or Domitian right / AYTOKΡATOΡOΣ TITOY OYEΣΠAΣIANOY, Bare head of Titus right. RPC 1719. | Text |  |
RPC 1720 | Titus and Domitian AE 24mm of Olba, Cilicia. AYTOKΡATOΡOΣ TITOY OYEΣΠAΣIANOY, bare head of Titus right / ΔOMITIANOY KAIΣAΡOΣ, bare head of Domitian left. SNGLev 651 corr. | Text |  |
ANTONINUS PIUS |
BMC 23 | Antoninus Pius AE of Olba, Cilicia. AYTOKΡATΩΡ ANTΩEINOC, laureate head right / OΛBEΩN, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, wings spread. BMC 23; SNG France 2 851; Waddington 4435. SGI 1483. | Text |  |
SNG Lev 653 | Antoninus Pius AE 29mm of Olba, Cilicia. AYTOKΡATΩΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate and draped bust right / OΛBEΩN, Artemis Phosphorus driving biga of bulls left; six-rayed stars around. SNG Levante 653; Staffieri Olba 46; SNG Tahberer 1129; Sallet 2 in ZfN 1885. | Text |  |
MARCUS AURELIUS |
SNG Levante 654 | Marcus Aurelius, AE28 of Olba, Cilicia, AD 161-180. AYT KAI M AYΡH ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed, draped bust right / OΛBEΩN, Dionysos, loins draped, chlamys over shoulders, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Staffieri Olba 49; SNG Levante 654 (this coin). | Text |  |
SNG Levante 655 | Marcus Aurelius AE20 of Olba, Cilicia. AD 161-180. 6.45 g. AYT KAI M AYT ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. / OΛBEΩN, Hermes standing left, naked but for chlamys over his left arm, holding purse and caduceus. SNG Levante 655; SNG France 852; Staffieri Olba 50. | Text |  |
SNG Levante 656 | Marcus Aurelius AE18 of Olba, Cilicia. AD 161-180. 3.63 g. AYT KAI M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. / OΛBEΩN upside down below and above two caps of the Dioskuri, each surmounted by a star. SNG Levante 656 (this coin); BMC 24; Staffieri Olba 51. | Text |  |
SNG Righetti 1613 | Marcus Aurelius, AE29 of Olba, Cilicia. AD 161-169. 21.3 g. AYT KAI M AYΡHΛI ANTΩNINOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / AΔΡIAN.. ANTΩNINIANΩN OΛBEΩN MHTΡO KEN around and in fields, Selene-Hekate, holding torch and with crescent on shoulders, driving biga of bulla galloping left. Star in lower left field and star in centre. SNG Righetti 1613; Ziegler Kilikien 374; Staffieri, Olba 48. | Text |  |
LUCIUS VERUS |
RPC temp 11632 | Lucius Verus, AE17 of Olba, Cilicia. AD 161-169. 3.4 g. AYT KAI ΛOY AYΡ OYHΡOC, laureate head right. / OYΛBEΩN, club. RPC temp 11632 (temp); N&N IV, 220. | Text |  |
SNG vA 5797 | Lucius Verus, AE27 of Olba, Cilicia. AD 161-169. 11.89 g. AYT KAI ΛOY AYΡH OYHΡOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / OΛBEΩN, turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right. SNG von Aulock 5797; SNG France 854. | Text |  |
COMMODUS |
SNG Levante 661 | Commodus AE22 of Olba, Cilicia. AD 193-211. 8.6 g. AY K M AY KOM AN EYTEΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left. / OΛBEΩN, Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus. SNG Levante 661; Staffieri Olba 58; SNG France II 855. | Text |  |
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS |
SNG Levante 663 | Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and Caracalla. AE of Olba, Cilicia. AD 193-211. 19.18 g. AYTOK KAIC Λ CEΠ CEYHΡON CEB KAI IOY-ΛIA-N CE-B, draped bust of Julia Domna right, facing laureate and draped bust of Sept. Severus left. Countermark: caduceus in oval incuse / ANTΩNEINON CEB OΛBEΩN MHTΡ KENN, Caracalla, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding Nike and sceptre. SNG Levante 663. | Text |  |
SNG Levante 663 (2) | Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and Caracalla. AE of Olba, Cilicia. AD 193-211. 12.69 g. AYTOK KAIC Λ CEΠ CEYHΡON CEB KAI IOY-ΛIA-N CE-B, draped bust of Julia Domna right, facing laureate and draped bust of Sept. Severus left / ANTΩNEINON CEB OΛBEΩN MHTΡ KENN, Caracalla, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding Nike and sceptre. SNG Levante 663. | Text |  |
| Entry for Cilicia, Olba on the Digital Historia Numorum |
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