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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Trajan, bronze (CN type 16840)

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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 16840. Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan, right. Reverse: Genius standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
23.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
9.22 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
Genius standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕ ΔΑ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΡΥΝΔΑ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/16840
Type corpus identifier
CN type 16840

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