cn type 3579

Mint

Germe 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

c. 139-146 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΓΟVϹ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ Κ

Design

Bare head of youthful Marcus Aurelius, right.
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Reverse

Legend

ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ

Design

Nude Heracles standing facing, head left, resting right hand on club set on ground, holding lion skin in left arm.
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Monogram

(position: on the right)

Persons

Sitter: Marc Aurel 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 20.6 mm / Min: 20 mm

Average Weight

5.26 g (2x)

Axes

5 (1x) 6 (1x)

Citation

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 128, nr. 93-94 ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 645, annot. ca. 139-146 n. Chr. ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/645 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 3579, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/3579 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]