Germe, Faustina II., bronze (CN type 3585)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 147-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Faustina II. dated ca. 147-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3585. Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina II, right. Reverse: Apollo standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, holding lyre in left arm and patera in right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.45 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Faustina II.
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, holding lyre in left arm and patera in right.
- Obverse legend
- ΝЄΑ ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3585
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3585
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. 132, nr. 118
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 6955, annot. ca. 147-161 n. Chr.
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 6955
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution