Germe, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 3604)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
218/219 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Elagabal dated 218/219 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3604. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: The three Charites (or Nymphs?) holding each others shoulders, wearing long garments; outer ones holding waterjugs.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 33–35 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Elagabal
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- The three Charites (or Nymphs?) holding each others shoulders, wearing long garments; outer ones holding waterjugs.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΦΟΝΤ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3604
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3604
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 142, nr. 178, annot. 218/219 n. Chr.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3832
- external concordanceRPC VI, 3832
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution