Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 18297)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
238–244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Gordian III. dated 238–244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18297. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Pan standing left, holding pedum in left hand, right hand resting on the head of a goat.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15–16 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.42 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
- Pan standing left, holding pedum in left hand, right hand resting on the head of a goat.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18297
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18297
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 bibliographynr. 70
- external concordance
Research required
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