Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Faustina II., bronze (CN type 13038)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 169-175 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Faustina II. dated ca. 169-175 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13038. Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina II, right. Reverse: Nude Apollo, left, legs crossed, his right elbow resting on column, holding bow in his right hand; to l., before him tree entwined by serpent.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27–31 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.64 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Faustina II.
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Apollo, left, legs crossed, his right elbow resting on column, holding bow in his right hand; to l., before him tree entwined by serpent.
- Obverse legend
- ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13038
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13038
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. 81-82, nr. 255-256
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 439
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 105
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 439
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution