Description
- Leaping Dolphin Coin
- Made in Olbia
- 500 – 400 BC in Age
- Specimen will come in the 3.25″ x 4.25″ Riker Mount with Label as Shown
Olbia, on the shores of the Black Sea is now part of Ukraine. The ancient Olbians worshipped Delphinus, the sacred, playful fish-god of the sea. Before the introduction of struck circular coins, their cast-bronze coinage was crafted in the shape of a leaping dolphin.
