Germe, bronze (CN type 3793)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 161-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia dated ca. 161-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3793. Obverse: Head of bearded Herakles, right, wearing knotted lion skin. Reverse: Lion walking right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 14 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.69 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of bearded Herakles, right, wearing knotted lion skin.
- Reverse type
- Lion walking right.
- Reverse legend
- ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3793
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3793
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. 175, nr. 386-388, annot. spätantoninisch
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution