Adramyttion, Geta, bronze (CN type 2904)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 198-209 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Adramyttion in Mysia under Geta dated ca. 198-209 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2904. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dionysus standing facing, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 18–21 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.73 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Adramyttion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus standing facing, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
- Obverse legend
- Π ϹΕΠ ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2904
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2904
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 bibliographyp. 228, nr. 220
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 50, nr. 151
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution