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Æ35 - Caracalla ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ, ΠΡΟϹ ΡΥΝΔΑΚΩ
| Issuer | Apollonia ad Rhyndacum (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Diameter | 35 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tetrastyle temple depicted in frontal elevation, its four columns framing the cult statue of Apollo standing nude within the cella. The god is shown facing right, holding an arrow in his extended right hand while his left elbow rests upon a tall pillar or omphalos beside him. The architectural rendering includes a pediment above the colonnade, consistent with the civic pride expressed on provincial bronzes of this region. The Greek ethnic legend ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΡΥΝΔΑΚΩ is distributed in the field, identifying the issuing city of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum. |
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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum sat on the southern shore of Lake Apolloniatis in Bithynia, a modest inland city whose civic coinage under the Severans reflects the broad autonomy Roman provincial administration extended to Greek-speaking communities in Asia Minor. Under Caracalla specifically, many Bithynian cities dramatically increased bronze output — likely tied to the financial pressures his military campaigns and the doubling of legionary pay imposed on provincial economies, which pushed more small-denomination bronze into local circulation.
The Rhyndacus river gave the city its distinguishing epithet, separating it from the better-known Apollonia in Mysia.