Germe, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 3608)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

218/219 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin 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

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