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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Macrinus, bronze (CN type 13085)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

217-218 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Macrinus dated 217-218 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13085. Obverse: Laureate head of Macrinus, 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 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.33 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

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

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Macrinus, 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
ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΟΠЄΛ ϹЄΟVΗ ΜΑΚΡЄΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΤΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13085
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13085

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