Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 18293)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

238–244 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18293. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Bearded river-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
18.2 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Gordian III.

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Bearded river-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn.
Obverse legend
Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙ[ ] // ΡVΝΔΑ[ ]

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18293
Type corpus identifier
CN type 18293

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Material
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Licensed photograph
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Catalogue references

  • Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 66A
  • external concordance

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