Germe, Severus Alexander, bronze (CN type 3630)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 222-225 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Severus Alexander dated ca. 222-225 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3630. Obverse: Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 47 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 52.12 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Severus Alexander
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Labour of Heracles: Nude Heracles standing right, strangling the Nemean lion.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟΚΡ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕΒΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑVΡ ΖΩΙΛΟV ΑΡΧ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3630
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3630
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. 145, nr. 188, annot. zw. 222-ca. 225 n. Chr.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 3842
- external concordanceRPC VI, 3842
Research required
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