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Germe, bronze (CN type 3789)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 138-192 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia dated ca. 138-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3789. Obverse: Draped male bust of the personification of the Roman Senate, right. Reverse: Apollo standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, holding lyre in left arm and patera in right.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
16–18 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.6 g (mean of 4 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 facing, head left, wearing long garment, holding lyre in left arm and patera in right.
Obverse legend
ΙΕΡΑ ϹVΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3789
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3789

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