Ukraine's Ancient Greek City
The Ancients
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The Origins of Coins in the Black Sea
In Olbia, we have lots of coins that are shaped like dolphins. This has been linked to one of the major cults in Olbia - Apollo. The other type of coin token is arrow head shaped associated with skitian arrows. So why would you choose as coinage an arrow head? Now people have argued Apollo, he's an archer. You can see how these things kind of link together when you've got a theory in your head. When we talk about it, we have to remember that who is it they're doing it for? It's not just Greeks. It's skitians and local people as well. And Albria is one of those places where
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