Kame, bronze coin — Bearded ithyphallic herm standing left (CN type 3426)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 180–192
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin in bronze struck at Kame in Mysia, dated c. AD 180–192. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3426 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Draped bust of Serapis, right, wearing kalathos. Legend: ΚΑΜΗΝΩΝ. Reverse: Bearded ithyphallic herm standing left. Legend: ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.91 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 15 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 217, nr. 610; Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/, nr. 485, annot. ca. 184-187 n. Chr.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.91 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kame
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Serapis, right, wearing kalathos.
- Reverse type
- Bearded ithyphallic herm standing left.
- Obverse legend
- ΚΑΜΗΝΩΝ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3426
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3426
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 217, nr. 610
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 485, annot. ca. 184-187 n. Chr.
Research required
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