Germe, Philippus iunior, bronze (CN type 3776)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
244-247 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia under Philippus iunior dated 244-247 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3776. Obverse: bust of Philippus iunior, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: two female figures standing, facing, heads facing each other, each emptying oenochoe over pillar and holding their dress (or cloth); between on ground, amphora.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26–28 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.61 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Philippus iunior
Design
- Obverse type
- bust of Philippus iunior, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- two female figures standing, facing, heads facing each other, each emptying oenochoe over pillar and holding their dress (or cloth); between on ground, amphora.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ
- Reverse legend
- ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3776
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3776
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. 167, nr. 321
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 20169
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution