Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Trajan, bronze (CN type 16839)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

98–117 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Trajan dated 98–117 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 16839. Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan, right. Reverse: Apollo, nacked, standing right, leaning on column and extending r. hand (with arrow).

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
34 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
20 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

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

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Trajan, right.
Reverse type
Apollo, nacked, standing right, leaning on column and extending r. hand (with arrow).
Obverse legend
ΑV ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒΑ[ ]
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΡVΝΔΑΚΟV

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16839
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16839

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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Licensed photograph
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Catalogue references

  • Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1596
  • external concordance

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