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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 13015)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

238-244 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Gordian III. dated 238-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13015. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Aphrodite standing right on one leg, head to left; opening sandal on right foot, left arm resting on tail of a dolphin.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
24–27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.57 g (mean of 1 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
Aphrodite standing right on one leg, head to left; opening sandal on right foot, left arm resting on tail of a dolphin.
Obverse legend
Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ Π ΡV

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13015
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13015

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