Germe, bronze (CN type 3809)
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 3809. Obverse: Turreted bust of Tyche, right. Reverse: Athena standing left, wearing helmet, holding patera and shield set on the ground; behind, spear; at her feet, left, altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 23 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.95 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Germe
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City (pseudo-autonomous)
Design
- Obverse type
- Turreted bust of Tyche, right.
- Reverse type
- Athena standing left, wearing helmet, holding patera and shield set on the ground; behind, spear; at her feet, left, altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΤVΧΗ ΠΟΛΕΩϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3809
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3809
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. 181, nr. 431-432, annot. Ende 2. Jh. n. Chr.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 9446, annot. ca. 138-192 n. Chr.
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 9446
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution