Germe, bronze (CN type 3566)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
117-138 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia dated 117-138 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3566. Obverse: Head of Hadrian, right. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, resting right hand on club set on ground, holding lion skin in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19.8–20 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.42 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hadrian, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, resting right hand on club set on ground, holding lion skin in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑVΓΟVϹΤΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3566
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3566
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. 125, nr. 75-82
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1767
- external concordanceRPC III, 1767
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution