Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Hadrian, bronze (CN type 13079)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117-138 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Hadrian dated 117-138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13079. Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian, right. Reverse: She-wolf standing right, feeding the twins Romulus and Remus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19–19.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.37 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Hadrian
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Hadrian, right.
- Reverse type
- She-wolf standing right, feeding the twins Romulus and Remus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΡVΝΔΑΚΟV
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13079
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13079
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. 228-229
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1600
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 93
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution