Germe, Gordian III., bronze coin — Apollo and Emperor (CN type 3671)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 241–244
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Gordian III., dated c. AD 241–244. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3671 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Gordian III, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ. Reverse: Apollo and Emperor (Gordian III); on the left, naked Apollo standing right, holding in the left hand plectrum, in the right hand lyre; on the right, emperor in war clothing with paludamentum, right hand raised. Legend: ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 11.28 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 29–30 mm (from 2 recorded specimens).
Published references cited by the corpus: Spoerri Butcher et al., RPC VII 1: Roman provincial coinage. Vol. VII 1: De Gordien Ier à Gordien III (238-244 après J.-C.). Province d'Asie, London: Paris 2006, p. 133, nr. 119; Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001, p. 151, nr. 224-225, annot. 242 n. Chr.; Linked type corpus, RPC VII.1, 119.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 29–30 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.28 g (mean of 2 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
- Apollo and Emperor (Gordian III); on the left, naked Apollo standing right, holding in the left hand plectrum, in the right hand lyre; on the right, emperor in war clothing with paludamentum, right hand raised.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3671
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3671
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 133, nr. 119
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 151, nr. 224-225, annot. 242 n. Chr.
- external concordanceRPC VII.1, 119
Research required
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