Germe, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 3611)
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 3611. Obverse: Laureate bust of Elagabalus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Dionysus standing facing, wearing short chiton, holding cantharus in right hand over panther seated left and long thyrsus in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 28 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.07 g (mean of 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
- Dionysus standing facing, wearing short chiton, holding cantharus in right hand over panther seated left and long thyrsus in left arm.
- 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/3611
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3611
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. 143, nr. 182, annot. 218/219 n. Chr.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3827
- external concordanceRPC VI, 3827
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution