Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 13149)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218-222 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin 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
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. 93, nr. 293
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 4163
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution