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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Gallienus, bronze (CN type 12970)

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Record status

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Period

253-268 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Gallienus dated 253-268 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12970. Obverse: Radiate bust of Gallienus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Façade of a tetrastyle temple; within Apollo standing right, leaning on column and his r. hand with arrow raised backwards.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
30–32 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
12.16 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Gallienus

Design

Obverse type
Radiate bust of Gallienus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Façade of a tetrastyle temple; within Apollo standing right, leaning on column and his r. hand with arrow raised backwards.
Obverse legend
ΠΟV ΛΙΚ(Ι) ΓΑΛΛΗΝΟΝ ϹЄ(Β) Κ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ Π(ΡΟϹ) ΡVΝΔΑΚ(Ω)

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12970
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12970

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