Description: The Greeks of ancient Olbia, on the Western coast of the Black Sea, did not mint round coins to use as currency. Instead, they cast bronze proto-money in the shape of the bottle-nosed dolphins that swam in the Black Sea. Dolphins, Delphinus in Greek, are sacred fish in Greek mythology. Because these dolphin bronzes date to the fifth century BC, they are quite crude. But the shape of the proto-money isunmistakable. NOTE: NO TWO LOOK LIKE. THERE IS A WIDE VARIETY. You will Not receive the one pictured, but one very similar.
Price: 60 USD
Location: White Plains, New York
End Time: 2024-11-28T18:55:15.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned
Composition: Bronze
Year: 5 BC
Era: Ancient
Grade: Ungraded
Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
Certification: ICG
