Germe, Geta, bronze (CN type 3601)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
202 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Geta dated 202 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3601. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: nude Apollo standing, r., crossing legs, holding right hand on over head, resting left arm on decorated pillar surmounted by lyre; to l., laurel-tree entwined by serpent (Python).
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.3 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Geta
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- nude Apollo standing, r., crossing legs, holding right hand on over head, resting left arm on decorated pillar surmounted by lyre; to l., laurel-tree entwined by serpent (Python).
- Obverse legend
- Π ϹΕΠΤΙΜΙ(ΟϹ) ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙϹ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΤΡ ΓΛVΚΩΝΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3601
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3601
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. 141, nr. 167-174, annot. 202 n. Chr.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution