Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 13149)

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Record status

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Period

218-222 n.Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Elagabal dated 218-222 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13149. Obverse: Laureate head of Elagabalus, right. Reverse: River-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, left arm resting on vessel; right hand resting on stern.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
29–31 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
16.46 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

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

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Elagabalus, right.
Reverse type
River-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, left arm resting on vessel; right hand resting on stern.
Obverse legend
Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓΟVϹΤΟ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΡVΝΔΑΚΟϹ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13149
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13149

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