Germe, bronze (CN type 3797)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 138-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia dated ca. 138-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3797. Obverse: laureate head of Asclepius, right; to right in field, in front of him serpent-staff. Reverse: Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 16–17 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.05 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- laureate head of Asclepius, right; to right in field, in front of him serpent-staff.
- Reverse type
- Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
- Reverse legend
- ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3797
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3797
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. 176, nr. 397-399, annot. Dat: spätantoninisch/severisch
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 743, annot. ca. 138-192 n. Chr.
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 743
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution