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Germe, Geta, bronze coin — Nude Apollo standing (CN type 3601)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 202

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Geta, dated AD 202. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3601 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Geta, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: Π ϹΕΠΤΙΜΙ(ΟϹ) ΓΕΤΑϹ ΚΑΙϹ. 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). Legend: ϹΤΡ ΓΛVΚΩΝΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 14.3 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 29 mm (from 3 recorded specimens).

Published references cited by the corpus: Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001, p. 141, nr. 167-174, annot. 202 n. Chr.

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Historical context

Publius Septimius Geta was a member of the Severan dynasty who later became Roman emperor alongside his father Septimius Severus and elder brother Caracalla from 209 to 211. In AD 202, the date of this bronze piece, he was still a youthful prince within the imperial family. The coin was struck under his name by the civic authorities of Germe, a town of ancient Mysia situated between the rivers Macestus and Rhyndacus.

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
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3601
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3601

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