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ἐς τὸ Βορυσθενεϊτέων ἄστυ. The Scythian king clearly had some authority in Olbia, though not as much as the Leuconidae later (438-304 B. C.) had in Panticapaeum and Theodosia, where they bore the title of ἄρχων; their heads appear on the coins of Panticapaeum. There is no parallel to this in Olbia.

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