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cn type 18296

Mint
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

238–244 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ Α
Design
Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ
Design
River-god (Rhyndakos) reclining left, left arm resting on vessel; right hand resting on stern.
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Persons

Sitter: Gordian III. 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 21.8 mm / Min: 20.8 mm
Average Weight
4.33 g (1x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913 p. 97, nr. 305  ❐

Spoerri Butcher et al., RPC VII 1: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 1: De Gordien Ier à Gordien III (238-244 après J.-C.). Province d'Asie, London : Paris 2006 nr. 69  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.1/69 ❐

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cn type 18296, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/18296 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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