Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 13014)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13014. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Asclepius standing left, wearing himation, holding serpent-staff in right hand, left hand in garment.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27.7–29 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.17 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Asclepius standing left, wearing himation, holding serpent-staff in right hand, left hand in garment.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ Π
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13014
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13014
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 97, nr. 304, annot. Rs.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 122
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 68
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution