Germe, bronze (CN type 3799)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 180-235 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Germe in Mysia dated ca. 180-235 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3799. Obverse: Laureate and draped bust of Apollo, right; in front, lyre (?). Reverse: Apollo standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, holding lyre in left arm and patera in right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.75 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate and draped bust of Apollo, right; in front, lyre (?).
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing facing, head left, wearing long garment, holding lyre in left arm and patera in right.
- Reverse legend
- ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3799
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3799
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. 401, annot. spätantoninisch/severisch
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution