Germe, Gordian III., bronze (CN type 3642)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 238-241 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Gordian III. dated ca. 238-241 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3642. Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Heracles reclining left on lion walking right, holding club in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 28–30 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.35 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Gordian III.
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles reclining left on lion walking right, holding club in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3642
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3642
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. 149, nr. 215, annot. 241 n. Chr.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 132, nr. 108, annot. vor 241 n. Chr.
- external concordance
Research required
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