Germe, bronze (CN type 3781)
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 3781. Obverse: Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right. Reverse: Heracles standing left, holding club and lion-skin, in front of figure of Apollo holding lyre standing on base between two trees; between them, lighted altar
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 39–40 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 23.48 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
- Heracles standing left, holding club and lion-skin, in front of figure of Apollo holding lyre standing on base between two trees; between them, lighted altar
- Obverse legend
- ΙΕΡΑ ϹVΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΑΙΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΝΕΙΚΟV ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3781
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3781
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. 328, annot. 242 n. Chr.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 138, nr. 162
- external concordanceRPC VII.1, 162
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution