Germe, bronze (CN type 3780)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 241-244 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia dated ca. 241-244 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3780. Obverse: Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right. Reverse: Apollo standing r., holding plectrum and lyre, facing Marsyas attached to tree
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 36.3–40 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 22.65 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing r., holding plectrum and lyre, facing Marsyas attached to tree
- Obverse legend
- ΙΕΡΑ ϹVΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3780
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3780
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. 169, nr. 327, annot. 242 n. Chr.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 138, nr. 160
- external concordanceRPC VII.1, 160
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution