Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 13047)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 139-146 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Antoninus Pius dated ca. 139-146 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13047. Obverse: Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, left hand resting on serpent-staff.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 28.7–29 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.23 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, left hand resting on serpent-staff.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΡΥΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13047
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13047
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. 75, nr. 232
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 421
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 421
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution