Germe, Commodus, bronze (CN type 3586)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 179-180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Commodus dated ca. 179-180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3586. Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dionysus standing facing, wearing short chiton, holding cantharus in right hand over panther seated left and long thyrsus in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.05 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus standing facing, wearing short chiton, holding cantharus in right hand over panther seated left and long thyrsus in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- [ΑVΤΟ] Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3586
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3586
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. 126, annot. zw. 178-182 n. Chr.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 11356, annot. ca. 179-180 n. Chr.
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 11356
Research required
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