Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Severus Alexander, bronze (CN type 18173)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
222–235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Severus Alexander dated 222–235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18173. Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Male figure standing right, holding a pig.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.1 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Severus Alexander
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Male figure standing right, holding a pig.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑVΡ [ᛈΕVΗ] ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟᛈ Α*VΓ*
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ Π Ρ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18173
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18173
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. 95, nr. 298
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 4166
- external concordance
Research required
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