on May 14, 2016
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The Greek colony Olbia was founded in the first quarter of the 6th century BC on the right shore of the Southern Buh River near its flowing into the Black Sea
2. The period from the town restoration at the end of the 1st century BC until the second Goths’ invasion in the 3rd century AD
In the 2nd century AD Olbia united with the Roman Empire and even placed a Roman garrison on its territory
From the second half of the 6th century BC Olbia started to cast its own monetary bullions at the mint
They took the shape of dolphins (the symbol of a senior deity of Miletus – Apollo Delphinios, a patron of navigation) and were made of bronze
Current circulation of dolphins is related to the second half of the 6th century BC – 5th century BC
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