Germe, Elagabal, bronze (CN type 3611)

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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 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

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