Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17544)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 169–175 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated ca. 169–175 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17544. Obverse: Cuirassed and draped bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right. Reverse: Apollo, nacked, standing right, leaning on column and extending r. hand (with arrow).
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 32–34 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 21.15 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Cuirassed and draped bust of bearded Marcus Aurelius, right.
- Reverse type
- Apollo, nacked, standing right, leaning on column and extending r. hand (with arrow).
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑV ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΡVΝΔΑΚ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17544
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17544
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. 78, nr. 242
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 101
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 13305
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution