Germe, Septimius Severus, bronze (CN type 3593)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 193-211 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Septimius Severus dated ca. 193-211 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3593. Obverse: Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: gods meeting; nude Heracles seated left on rock, Apollon standing to left, Tyche to right and Artemis behind Herakles.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 44 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 43.28 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Septimius Severus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Septimius Severus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- gods meeting; nude Heracles seated left on rock, Apollon standing to left, Tyche to right and Artemis behind Herakles.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ϹΕΠΤΙΜΙ ϹΕVΗΡΟϹ ΠΕΡΤΙΝ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΝ ΓΛVΚΩΝΟϹ Β ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3593
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3593
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. 136-137, nr. 145-146
Research required
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