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Æ20 - Caracalla ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΡΥΝΔ
| Issuer | Apollonia ad Rhyndacum (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Julia Domna facing right, her hair elaborately waved and coiled at the nape in the characteristic Severan style. The effigy is rendered with typical provincial workmanship, the drapery visible at the truncation of the shoulder. A Greek legend encircles the bust in the field, identifying the empress by her imperial title. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Telesphorus, the child deity of convalescence and healing, depicted standing facing, enveloped in a long hooded cloak that covers the entirety of his small figure, a type closely associated with the cult of Asclepius. The figure stands on a ground line at center field, rendered in the compact, frontal manner typical of provincial bronze coinage of the Severan period. The encircling Greek civic legend names the issuing community of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum. |
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