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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4312094, member: 96898"]Thanks for the informative and fascinating write-up! It's interesting to see the variety of monograms or letter combinations this types comes with. My example, which desperately needs better pictures, shows the letters MH. The common hypothesis is that these letters abbreviate the names of magistrates, but I wonder whether there is more detailed information. [ATTACH=full]1096529[/ATTACH]Olbia, Skythia, AE21, ca. 300–260 BC. Obv: Bearded and horned head of the river god Borysthenes left. Rev: ΟΛBIO, axe-scepter and bow in case, MH-monogram. 21mm, 10.43g. Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 504–5 (period V-B). According to a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/staring-at-the-gorgon-drinking-wine.339109/#post-3526764" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/staring-at-the-gorgon-drinking-wine.339109/#post-3526764">convincing theory</a> brought up by [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] , this common type usually attributed to Parion actually is from Olbia, too: [ATTACH=full]1096531[/ATTACH] "Mysia, Parium" (probably Olbia), "drachm," ca. 480 BC. Obv: Gorgoneion. Rev cross-shaped incusum. 12.2mm, 3.14g. Ref: BMC 4–8; Sear Greek 3917; SNG Copenhagen 256, SNG von Aulock 1318.[/QUOTE]