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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Philippus Arabs, bronze (CN type 18504)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

244–249 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Philippus Arabs dated 244–249 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18504. Obverse: Radiate bust of Philippus iunior, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: River-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, left arm resting on vessel; right hand resting on stern.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
32 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
14.26 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Philippus Arabs

Design

Obverse type
Radiate bust of Philippus iunior, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
River-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, left arm resting on vessel; right hand resting on stern.
Obverse legend
Μ ΙΟVΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑVΓ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΡVΝΔΑΚΟϹ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18504
Type corpus identifier
CN type 18504

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