Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Maximus, bronze (CN type 13018)

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Record status

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Period

236-238 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Maximus dated 236-238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13018. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Maximus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, left hand resting on serpent-staff.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
33 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
14.24 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

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

Design

Obverse type
Bare-headed bust of Maximus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, left hand resting on serpent-staff.
Obverse legend
Γ ΙΟV ΟVΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ Π ΡVΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13018
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13018

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