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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Trajan, bronze (CN type 13050)

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Record status

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Period

98-117 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Trajan dated 98-117 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13050. Obverse: Laureate head of Nerva, l., and laureate head of Trajan, r., facing each other. Reverse: Apollo standing facing, head facing left, wearing chlamys. Holding lyre on left arm and playing it with his r. hand.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
25 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.02 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

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

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Nerva, l., and laureate head of Trajan, r., facing each other.
Reverse type
Apollo standing facing, head facing left, wearing chlamys. Holding lyre on left arm and playing it with his r. hand.
Obverse legend
ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡΒΑΣ ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΝΕΡ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΑΠΟ Ρ(Υ)

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13050
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13050

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