Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Maximus, bronze (CN type 13019)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
236-238 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Maximus dated 236-238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13019. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Maximus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: River-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, left arm resting on vessel; right hand resting on stern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 31–34 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 18.55 g (mean of 3 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
- River-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, left arm resting on vessel; right hand resting on stern.
- Obverse legend
- Γ ΙΟV ΟVΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΡVΝΔΑΚΟ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13019
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13019
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. 96, nr. 302
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 4170
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution