Germe, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 3608)
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 3608. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, 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
- 28–29 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.1 g (mean of 2 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
- 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
- ΑVΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
- Reverse legend
- ϹΤΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3608
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3608
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
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 143, nr. 179-180, annot. 218/219 n. Chr.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3826
- external concordanceRPC VI, 3826
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