Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Caracalla, bronze (CN type 22856)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
198-217 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Caracalla dated 198-217 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22856. Obverse: Laureate bust of Caracalla, right. Reverse: River-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, left arm resting on vessel; right hand resting on stern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.72 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Caracalla
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Caracalla, right.
- Reverse type
- River-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, left arm resting on vessel; right hand resting on stern.
- Obverse legend
- Μ[.] ΑΝΤ[...]
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ [...]
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22856
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22856
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. 689
- external concordance
Research required
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