Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Philippus Arabs, bronze (CN type 18503)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
244–249 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Philippus Arabs dated 244–249 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18503. Obverse: Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; scepter on shoulder. Reverse: Façade of an hexastyle temple; within Apollo standing right, leaning on column.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 35 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 30.39 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Philippus Arabs
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Philip the Arab, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; scepter on shoulder.
- Reverse type
- Façade of an hexastyle temple; within Apollo standing right, leaning on column.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΙΟVΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΡVΝΔΑΚΩ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18503
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18503
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. 20090
- external concordance
Research required
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