Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Lucius Verus, bronze (CN type 13034)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 161-162 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Lucius Verus dated ca. 161-162 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13034. Obverse: Bust of bearded Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Apollo, nacked, standing right, leaning on column and extending r. hand (with arrow).
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 31–34 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 24.22 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Lucius Verus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of bearded Lucius Verus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Apollo, nacked, standing right, leaning on column and extending r. hand (with arrow).
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΡVΝΔΑΚΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13034
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13034
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. 84, nr. 264
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 446
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 446
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution