Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 13076)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 197-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Caracalla dated ca. 197-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13076. Obverse: Laureate head of Caracalla, right. Reverse: Façade of a tetrastyle temple; within Apollo standing right, leaning on column, raising the right hand (with arrow) backwards, between two torches.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 36–38 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 28.06 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- Façade of a tetrastyle temple; within Apollo standing right, leaning on column, raising the right hand (with arrow) backwards, between two torches.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓΟVϹΤΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΡVΝΔΑΚΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13076
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13076
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. 90, nr. 285
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 113
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1993
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution