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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Maximus, bronze (CN type 13129)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

235-238 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Maximus dated 235-238 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13129. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of Maximus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin and hippocampus.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
30–32 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
16.81 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

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

Design

Obverse type
Bare-headed bust of Maximus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin and hippocampus.
Obverse legend
Γ ΙΟV ΟVΗΡ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ Π ΡVΝΔΑ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13129
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13129

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