Ancient Coinage of Mysia, Germe


Note: Renowned numismatists and academics (von Aulock, Wroth, Barclay Head, Ehling, Imhoof et al) believe that, of the two towns named Germe in the region of Lydia/Mysia (Germa ad Caicus and Germe ad Rhyndakos), it was only the Mysian town which minted coins.

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 1Germe, Mysia, AE17 semi-autonomous issue. AD 117-161. IEΡA CYNKΛHTO. Youthful, draped bust of the Roman Senate right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, laureate and draped bust of Apollo right, laurel branch before head. SNG von Aulock 1092 (Mysia); BMC Mysia 1; SNG Turkey 5, 354-355; Duesseldorf 1417; SNG Cop 123 (Lydia); Sear 5016. TextImage
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BMC 3Germe, Mysia, AE semi-autonomous issue. AD 117-192. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, bare-headed, draped bust of the Senate right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, laureate, draped bust of Apollo right, lyre before. BMC 3; Leypold I 301; Mabbott 1794.TextImage
BMC 5Germe, Mysia. Pseudo-autonomous issue. AE18, Mid-2nd century AD. IEΡOC ΔHMOC, unbearded, youthful head of Demos right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles, naked, standing to front, head left, holding club in right hand and lion's skin in left. SNG Copenhagen 126; BMC 5.TextImage
BMC 6Germe, Mysia, AE4. 138-192 AD. 19.23 mm, 4.6 gr. IEΡA CYNKΛEITOC, draped bust of youthful senate right / ΓERMHNΩN, Herakles standing front, looking left, holding lionskin and club resting on ground. Mionnet Supp. V, 500; SNG Turkey 5, 356; BMC 6. TextImage
BMC 12Mysia, Germe, AE20. 2nd-3rd century AD. IEΡA ΓEΡMH, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / ΓERMHNΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera over altar in right, spear and shield in left hand. BMC 12, SNG von Aulock 1093; SNG Copenhagen 132; Weber 6807.TextImage
Ehling 328Germe, Mysia, AE39, semi-autonomous issue. AD AD 238-244. Magistrate Aristoneikos. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, bare-headed, draped bust of the Senate right. / EΠI AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Apollo, wearing long robe and holding lyre, standing right on tall base between two olive trees, Herakles, right hand raised, holding club and lionskin, walking left on the right, altar between them. Ehling 328; Rhousopoulos 3302 corr. ("Athena" for Apollo), this coin = Vienna 31735; Mionnet Supp. V, 501 corr. (ditto); SNG Cop (Lydia) 129; Paris 343; SNG France 939; Waddington 7036; RPC VII.1, 162.TextImage
Ehling 397-398Germe, Mysia, AE17. semi-autonomous issue, AD 180-220. 2.75 g. Laureate head of Asklepios right, serpent-entwined staff before head. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Ehling 397-399; SNG von Aulock 7218; Waddington 793; Paris 304; Lausanne 955.TextImage
Ehling 401Germe, Mysia. AE16 semi-autonomous issue, ca AD 180-220. 2.12 g. Laureate head of Apollo right, sceptre before head. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Apollo standing left wearing long robe, holding patera and lyre. Ehling 401; Istanbul 8989; Aiello Mysia 159.TextImage
Righetti Coll. 471Germe, Mysia, AE26 semi-autonomous issue. AD 117-161. Magistrate Jul. Glykonos. 11.80 g. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, bare-headed, draped bust of the Senate right / EΠI IOYΛ ΓΛKΩ CTΡATO ΓER, Zeus seated left on stool, holding eagle and sceptre. Righetti Coll. 471.TextImage
SNG Cop 126Germe, Mysia, AE20, Pseudo-autonomous issue. Mid-2nd century AD. IEPOC ΔHMOC, unbearded, laureate, bust of Demos right, slight drapery on left shoulder, dot beneath truncation / ΓEΡMH-NΩN, Herakles standing to front, head left, holding club resting on ground and lion skin. SNG Cop. 126; Mionnet Supp. VI, 505.TextImage
SNG France 956Germe, Mysia, AE 22. 240-250 BC. IEΡA ΓEΡMH, turreted and draped bust of Tyche of Germe right / ΓEΡMH-NΩN, Athena, helmeted and wearing Chiton und Peplos standing half left by altar, holding patera in right hand and spear and shield in left. SNG BN Paris 956; SNG Tübingen 2201.TextImage
SNG Munich 4bGerme, Mysia, AE, semi-autonomous. AD 180-220. TYXH ΠOΛEΩ-C, turreted, draped bust of Tyche right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Athena standing left by lighted altar, holding patera and resting left hand on shield, beside which is an upright spear. SNG Munich 4b; Vienna 16207.TextImage
SNG Tub. 2201 varGerme, Mysia, AE25, semi-autonomous. AD 180-220. IEΡA ΓEΡHM, turreted, draped bust of Tyche of Germe right / ΓEΡMHNΩN Φ, Athena standing left, holding patera and resting left hand on shield, spear at her side. SNG Tuebingen 2201 var ("Φ" ending rev legend).TextImage
SNG Turkey 3, 44Germe, Mysia, AE22, semi-autonomous issue. AD 180-220. 8.82 g. IEΡA ΓEΡMH, turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera and resting left hand on shield, beside which is an upright spear. SNG Turkey 3, 44; SNG Tuebingen 2201.TextImage
SNG Turkey 5, 354Germe, Mysia. AE16, semi-autonomous issue. AD 117-161. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, draped, youthful bust of the Senate right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Laureate, draped bust of Apollo right, (usually with laurel branch in right field). SNG Turkey 5, 354-355; Duesseldorf 1417; SNG Cop 123.TextImage
SNG Turkey 5 356Germe, Mysia, AE19. AD 117-192. Pseudo-Autonomous. IERA CYNKLHTOC, draped, youthful bust of the Senate right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles, naked, standing front, looking left, lionskin over left arm, resting on club with right hand. No monogram in field. Mionnet Supp. V, 500; SNG Fitzwilliam 4169; SNG Turkey 5, 356; SNG Tuebingen 2197.TextImage
SNG vA 1093Germe, Mysia. AE21 semi-autonomous issue, ca AD 180-220. 4.9 g. IEΡA ΓEΡMH; turreted and draped bust of Tyche right. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Athena standing left by altar, holding patera, spear and shield. SNG von Aulock 1093; BMC 12-13; SNG Cop 130-131; Rhousopoulos 3305; SNG Righetti 708; Weber 6807; Mabbott 1795a.TextImage
SNG vA 1094Germe, Mysia, AE19 semi-autonomous issue. AD 198-217. 4.08 g. Draped bust of Apollo right, laurel branch before / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herm of Herakles holding club and lionskin. SNG von Aulock 1094; v. Fritze Mysien 609; Imhoof KM 1; SNG von Aulock 7217.TextImage
SNG vA 1097Germe, Mysia, 2nd-3rd century AD. 22mm, 7.56g. TYXH ΠOΛEΩC; turreted and draped bust of Tyche right / ΓEΡMHNON, Athena standing left, holding patera over altar in right, spear and shield in left hand. SNG von Aulock 1097; BMC 11 var (obv. legend).TextImage
SNG vA 1099Germe, Mysia. AE22, semi-autonomous issue. AD 253-268. 5.41 g. IEΡA ΓEΡMH, turreted, draped bust of Tyche right. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Athena standing right, holding Nike and spear, shield at her side. SNG von Aulock 1099 (Mysia); Vaillant 504 (Mysia); Ehling 422–423; RPC VII.1, 162.1B.TextImage
SNG vA 7216Germe, Mysia. AE18, Semi-autonomous, AD 136-160. ΓEΡMH ΠOΛIC, turreted and draped bust of Tyche left / EΠI ΦAYCTOY ΓEΡ, Herakles standing front, looking left, holding lionskin and resting on club. SNG von Aulock 7216.TextImage
Weber 6805Germe, Mysia. AE14 semi-autonomous issue. AD 198-217. 1.41 g. Bearded head of Herakles right, lionskin around neck. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, lion walking right. Weber 6805; BMC 8; Mionnet II, 251 (Mysia); SNG Cop 127 (Lydia); SNG von Aulock 1095 (Mysia).TextImage
Weber 6806Germe, Mysia, AE15, semi-autonomous issue. AD 198-217. 2.65 g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, bow in bowcase and club. Weber III, 6806; Aiello 103.TextImage
TITUS
RPC 926Titus, AE23 of Germe, Mysia. 79-81. 3.891g, 22.7mm. AYTO T KAI CEBAC (from top right), laureate head right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre. BMC 14; RPC II 926; Imhoof LS 1; Lindgren III 460.TextImage
RPC 926 (2)Titus, AE21 of Germe, Mysia. AD 79-81. 4.47g. AYTO T KAI CEBAC (from top right), laureate head right, countermark S ("Semis") in oblong incuse, (Howgego 742) / ΓERMHNΩN, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre. RPC II 926; Imhoof KM 2; SNG Lewis 1356.TextImage
RPC 927Titus and Domitian, AE18 of Germe, Mysia. AD 79-81. 3.22g. AYTO T ΓEΡ KAI, Laureate head of Titus right, two grain ears before / ΔOMITIANON KAI, Laureate head of Domitian right. RPC 927; Paris 323; Waddington 797; Imhoof KM 4; McClean 8654.TextImage
RPC 928Titus and Domitian, AE17 of Germe, Mysia. 3.8 gr.79-81 AD. AYTO T ΓEΡ KAI, Laureate head of Titus right; two grain-ears before / ΔOMITIANON KAI (note spelling of name), Laureate head of Domitian right. RPC I 928; Waddington 797; SNG von Aulock 1100; Imhoof KM 4 (Lydia).TextImage
RPC 929Titus and Domitian, AE17 brass, of Germe, Mysia. AD 79-81. AYTO KAI ΓEΡ CEBAC, laureate head of Titus right, two grain-ears before / AYTO KAI CEBAC, laureate head of Domitian right. RPC II 929.TextImage
RPC 930Titus and Domitian AE17 of Mysia, Germe. AYTO KAI CEBAC, laureate head of Titus right, grain ear before head/ AYTO KAI CEBAC, laureate head of Domitian right. RPC 930; SNG Cop 135; Weber 6809.TextImage
RPC 930 (2)Titus, AE17 of Germe, Mysia. AD 79-81. 2.9 g. AYTO KAI CEBAC, laureate head of Titus right, grain ear before head. Countermark "S" ("Semis"). / AYTO KAI CEBAC, laureate head of Domitian right. RPC 930; SNG Cop 135; Weber 6809.TextImage
RPC 931Titus and Domitian, AE17 of Germe, Mysia. AD 79-81. AYTO KAI CEBAC, laureate head of Titus right (no grain-ears) / AYTO KAI CEBAC, laureate head of Domitian right. RPC II 931; Imhoof KM 3; Weber 6808.TextImage
TRAJAN
BMC 15Trajan, AE21 of Germe, Mysia. AD 98-117. AYTO KAI TΡAIANOC, laureate head right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles standing front, looking left, holding club and lionskin. BMC Lydia 15; Leypold 311; Righetti sale 473; Ehling 50-51; RPC III 1764; Aiello Mysia 173.TextImage
BMC 16Trajan AE16 of Germe, Mysia. TΡAIANOC KAICAΡ , laureate head right / GEP MHNΩN, laureate and draped bust of Apollo right, spray of laurel before. SGI 1019. TextImage
BMC 16 (2)Trajan, AE of Germe, Mysia. 98-117 AD. 3.48 gr. AYTO K TΡAIANOC, laureate head right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, laureate head of Apollo right, laurel branch before. BMC 16-17; Weber 6810-6811; Mionnet II, 260; SNG Stockholm 1997; Lindgren III 462.TextImage
SNG vA 1103Trajan, AE18 of Germe, Mysia. AD 98-117. AYTO K TΡAIANOC, laureate head right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, laureate, draped bust of Apollo right, laurel branch before. SNG von Aulock 1103; SNG Cop 136-137.TextImage
HADRIAN
SNG vA 7221Hadrian, AE of Germe, Mysia. AD 117-138. AΔΡIANOC AYΓOYCTOC, bare head right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles, naked, standing front, looking left, holding club in right hand, lionskin in left. SNG von Aulock 7221; SNG Tuebingen 2194.TextImage
ANTONINUS PIUS
Imhoof LS 2Antoninus Pius, AE27 of Germe, Mysia. AD 138-161. Magistrate Sex. J. Faustus. 16.19 g. AYT KAI T A ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped bust right. / CEΞ I ΦAYCT ΓEΡMHNΩN, Dionysos in short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; panther at foot left. Imhoof LS 2; Imhoof KM additions 2 in RSN 5; Kurth Dionysos 818; Bernhart 384.TextImage
SNG vA 1105Antoninus Pius, AE of Germe, Mysia. AD 138-161. 4.45 g. AYTO ANTΩNINO, bare head right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre. SNG von Aulock 1105; SNG Tuebingen 2195.TextImage
MARCUS AURELIUS
BMC 16Marcus Aurelius, AE23 of Germe, Mysia. AD 138-161. Magistrate Phaimos. 10.1 g. M AYΡ OYHΡOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right. / EΠI Γ I ΦAINOY AΡX A ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left on stool, holding eagle and sceptre. BMC 16 (Mysia); BMC 20 (Lydia); Ehling 100.TextImage
BMC 1977.2.5.2Marcus Aurelius, AE23 of Germe, Mysia. AD 138-161. Magistrate G. I. Phainos. 9.76 g. M AYΡ OYHΡOC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right / EΠI Γ I ΦAINOY AΡX A ΓEΡMHNΩN, two female figures, standing, facing each other, clasping hands over amphora. BMC 1977-2-5-2; RPC online 1387.TextImage
Mabbott 1795Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. AE22 of Germe, Mysia. 138-161. (from top right) M AYΡ BHΡOC KAIC, youthful, bare head right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera in right hand and resting left hand on a shield beside which is a spear. Mabbott 1795; Prowe I 1240; Paris 335 var (rev. legend).TextImage
SNG von Aulock 1107Marcus Aurelius AE 32mm of Germe, Mysia. AV KAI M AYΡHΛI ANTΩNEIN, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΓEΡMHΩN in exergue, Apollo enthroned left, holding grain ear in right hand and resting left arm on tripod behind him; before, small column on which is set a jug.TextImage
SNG vA 7724Marcus Aurelius AE18 of Germe, Mysia. AD 138-161. 5.54 g. AYΓOYC K AYΡHΛIOC, bare head right. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles standing front, looking left, holding club and lionskin; B monogram in right field. SNG von Aulock 7724.TextImage
FAUSTINA II
SNG vA 1108Faustina II, AE 23 of Germe, Mysia. 152-175 AD. ΦAYCTEINA CEBACT, draped bust right / ΓERMHNΩN, Athena standing left, holding patera over burning altar to left, spear in left hand and resting left hand on shield. SNG von Aulock 1108.TextImage
SNG von Aulock 1109Faustina II, AE17 of Germe, Mysia. AD 147-175). 3.87 g. Magistrate Sextus Faustus. NEA ΦAYCTEINA, draped bust right / ΓERMHNΩN, Apollo standing facing, looking left, holding patera and lyre; (sometimes with monogram in right field). SNG von Aulock 1109; Imhoof GRM II, 3 in RSN 14; RPC online 647.TextImage
SNG vA 1109 (2)Faustina II, AE20 of Germe, Mysia. AD 147-175). 4.26 g. Magistrate Sextus Faustus. NEA ΦAYCTEINA, draped bust right. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre. KΦΔ monogram in right field. SNG von Aulock 1109; Imhoof GRM II, 3 in RSN 14; RPC online 5321; Ehling 115.TextImage
COMMODUS
BMC Acquis 1901, 33Commodus, AE28 of Germe, Mysia. 10.5 gr.177-192 AD. Magistrate Hermolaos. AYTO KΛ AY KOMOΔOC, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI EΡMOΛA TΩ ΓEΡMH (TΩ ligate), Apollo, naked, standing half-right, legs crossed, resting right hand on head and holding lyre on a garlanded column with left hand; serpent-entwined tree to left. BMC Greek Acquisitions, NC 1901, 33.TextImage
Ehling 129Commodus, AE28 of Germe, Mysia. AD 177-192. Magistrate Hermolaos. AYTO KΛ AY KOMOΛOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI EΡMOΛA TΩ ΓEΡMH (TΩ ligate), Apollo, naked, standing half-right, legs crossed, resting right hand on head and holding lyre on a garlanded column with left hand; serpent-entwined tree to left. RPC online 651; Ehling 129.TextImage
SNG Fr 978Commodus. AE32 of Germe, Mysia. 177-192 AD. Magistrate Hermolaos. 19.66 gr. AYTOK KAI KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped bust right / EΠI EΡMOΛAOY AΡC ΓEΡMHNΩN, emperor on horseback galloping right. Lindgren III A463A (Lydia); SNG France 978; Waddington 800.TextImage
Waddington 801Commodus. AE30 of Germe, Mysia. AD 177-192. Magistrate Capitonos. 15.69 g. AYTO KΛ AY KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI KAΠITΩ ΓEΡMHNΩN, Apollo, naked, standing half-right, resting right hand on head and holding lyre on a garlanded column with left hand; serpent-entwined tree to left. SNG Righetti 714; Waddington 801.TextImage
CRISPINA
SNG vA 1112Crispina, AE21 of Germe, Mysia. KΡICΠEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / ΓERMHNΩN, two nymphs standing facing, each resting their outer hand on an amphora on low colums; another amphora between them. von Aulock 1112; Lindgren III 464; Mabbott Coll. 1796.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
Ehling 141Septimius Severus AE44 medallion, Germe, Mysia. AD 193-211. 41.14 g. Magistrate Ai. Oy. Neikios. AYT KAI Λ CEΠTI CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠI CTΡ AI OY NEIKIOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles standing right, fighting the Nemean lion which is standing left on one leg. Ehling 141; ANS 1944.100.42920.TextImage
Ehling 160Septimius Severus and Caracalla AE45 Medallion of Germe, Mysia. Glycon, strategus, 202-205 AD. Confronted, laureate draped and cuirassed busts / EΠI CTΡ ΓΛYKΩNOC B, ΓERMHNΩN below, Herakles seated left on lion skin draped over rock, holding club set on ground and kantharos; to left, Apollo, standing right, holding plectrum and lyre, and Artemis drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; to right, Tyche standing left, crowning Herakles and holding cornucopiae. TextImage
Righetti Coll. 475Septimius Severus, AE39 of Germe, Mysia. AD 193-211. Magistrate Ai. Neikios. 46.67 g. AYT KAIC Λ CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI CTΡ AI NEIKIOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Emperor standing left, holding spear, Tyche standing front on the left, looking right, holding rudder and cornucopiae, Nike standing left behind the emperor, crowning him with a wreath. Righetti Coll. 475; SNG France V, 984.TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
BMC 20Julia Domna AE24 of Germe, Mysia. 193-217 AD. Magistrate Glykonos. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / CTΡ ΓΛYKΩNOC ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. BMC Mysia 20; BMC Lydia 24; Ehling 149-151.TextImage
Ehling 152-153Julia Domna AE25 of Germe, Mysia. AD 193-217 AD. Magistrate Glykonos. 9.8 g. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / EΠI ΓΛYKΩNOC ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. Ehling 152-153; Berlin 7941; Lindgren III 465.TextImage
Ehling 154Julia Domna AE23 of Germe, Mysia. AD 193-217 AD. 7.6 g. IOΛIA CEBACTH (sic), draped bust right. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. Ehling 154; SNG Fitzwilliam 4172 (this coin).TextImage
SNG Turkey 5, 357Julia Domna AE24 of Germe, Mysia. 193-217 AD. Magistrate Glykonos. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / EΠI ΓΛYKΩNOC B ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. SNG Turkey 5, 357. Not in Ehling..TextImage
SNG vA 1113Julia Domna, AE of Germe, Mysia. AD 193-217. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / EΠI KAΠITΩNOC ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre. SNG von Aulock 1113; SNG Fitzwilliam 4171; Istanbul 896/133; Paris 345; Waddington 803; Vienna 31512; Ehling 147-148..TextImage
PLAUTILLA
SNG Righetti 715Plautilla, AE34 of Germe, Mysia. AD 202-205. Magistrate Glykonos. ΦOYΛBIA ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBACTH, draped bust right / EΠI CTΡ ΓΛYKONOC B ΓEΡMHNΩN, three nymphs standing front, the outer two facing inwards, each holding an amphora or oinochoe. SNG Righetti 715.TextImage
GETA
SGI 2851Geta AE28 of Germe, Mysia. Strategos Julius Glycon. Π CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC KAIC, draped and cuirassed bust right / CTΡ ΓΛYKΩNOC B ΓERMHNΩN, Apollo Citharoedus, nude, sanding right, legs crossed, holding right hand above head, resting with left hand on kithara, set on column; left behind a tree with snake coiling around. SNG France 991, SNG vA 1115. TextImage
ELAGABALUS
Ehling 178Elagabalus AE34 of Germe, Mysia. AD 218-222. Magistrate Jul. Fontilius Alexandros. AYTOKΡ K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / EΠI CTΡ ΦONT AΛEXANΔΡOY ΓEΡMHN-ΩN, Three nymphs standing facing, two holding water jugs and one holding ear of barley. Ehling 178. Imhoof, Rivergods 521.TextImage
G&M 160, 1896Elagabalus, AE42 of Germe, Mysia. AD 218-222. Magistrate T. Jul. Fontilius Alexandrus. ...AΡ K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right, aegis on chest / EΠI CTΡ T IOYΛ ΦONTIΛIOY AΛE-RANΔΡOY around, ΓEΡMHNΩN below, Herakles standing right, one knee on the back of the Ceryneian hind, grasping its antlers with both hands, club behind him. Mionnet Supp. V 521 var (magistrate). Gorny and Mosch 160, 1896.TextImage
Moneta 24265Elagabalus, AE37 of Germe, Mysia. 24.20 gr. AYTOKΡA K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI CTΡ T IOYΛ ...N, ΓEΡMHN-ΩN (in ex,), River-god Kaïkos reclining left, left arm on overturned urn. Unpublished. Moneta MNS 24265.TextImage
Paris 351Elagabalus, AE of Germe, Mysia. ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΓERMHNΩN, Herakles standing front, looking left, resting right hand on club, lionskin over left arm and holding apples in left hand. Paris 351.TextImage
SNG Cop 142Elagabalus AE of Germe, Mysia. AD 218-222. Magistrate Jul. Fontilius Alexandrus. 14.73 g. AYTOKΡ K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CTΡ AΛEXANDΡOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Apollo, naked, standing half-right, right hand on head, holding lyre on column with left hand; serpent-entwined laurel tree behind him. SNG Cop 142; Burstein 575; Kraft pl. 42, 25.TextImage
Waddington 7037Elagabalus, AE39 of Germe, Mysia. AD 218-222 AD. 37.72 g. Magistrate T. Jul. Phontilius Alexandrus. ...AΡ K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right, aegis on chest / EΠI CTΡ IOYΛ ΦONTIΛIOY AΛE-RANΔΡOY around, ΓEΡMHNΩN below, Herakles, naked, standing right, wielding club and holding one back leg of the Nemean lion which is attempting to flee to the right. Waddington 7037; Ehling 175; SNG France 992; Voegtli 2f; Mabbott I, 1797.TextImage
JULIA MAESA
SNG Cop 143Julia Maesa, AE25 of Germe, Mysia. AD 218-223. 7.23 g. I MAICA CEBACTH, draped bust right / ΓERMHNΩN, two draped female figures, standing facing each other, the one on the left pouring out a jug and the one on the right resting her hand on a jug on a low column; amphora on ground between them. SNG Cop 143.TextImage
JULIA SOAEMIAS
Brandt 130755Julia Soaemias, AE25 of Germe, Mysia. AD 222. 8.55 gr. IOYΛIA CYAIMIAC CE, draped bust right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Apparently unpublished. Brandt 130755.TextImage
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
Ehling 194Severus Alexander AE19 of Germe, Mysia. AD 221-235. 2.66 g. AΛEΞANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles standing front, looking left, holding club and lionskin. Ehling 194; Aiello 116.TextImage
Ehling 195Severus Alexander, AE19 of Germe, Mysia. AD 221-235. 3.69 g. AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Ehling 195; Aiello Mysia 182.TextImage
RN 4, 2384Severus Alexander. AE of Germe, Mysia. AD 221-235. AYT CEBH AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Unpublished reverse for Sev. Alex. Rome Num. 4, lot 2384.TextImage
GORDIAN III
Aiello 118Gordian III, AE31 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Ail. Aristoneikos. 12.01 g. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠI AΡICTONEIKOY ΓEΡMHN, Dionysos, naked but for chlamys hanging down his back, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Aiello 118. Bust type and rev legend var of RPC VII 123, Ehling 236 and Hollscheck 320 (all seen from the back and with EΠI C AIΛ..).TextImage
BMC 33Gordian III, AE27 of Germe, Mysia. Magistrate Ail. Aristoneikos. 7.26 gr. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠI AΡICTONEIKOY ΓEΡMH, Hygieia standing right, holding patera, feeding serpent in arms, facing Asklepios standing left, resting on serpent-entwined staff. BMC 33; RPC VII 128.TextImage
BMC 34Gordian III AE29 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. 11.33 g. Magistrate Apollonides. AYT K M ANT ΓORΔIANOC, laureate, draped bust right / EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIΔOY around, ΓERMHN-ΩN, Herakles, naked, holding bow and club, reclining left on the back of a lion walking right. BMC 34; Mionnet II, 276; SNG France 1001; Waddington 809 (EPI omitted).TextImage
BMC 35Gordian III AE29 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Gaius Aurelius Apollonidus. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIΔOY AΡX ΓEΡMHNΩN, Dionysos, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsus, panther at foot left. Bernhart 386; RPC VII 107; SNG von Aulock 1118; Ehling 212-213; Vienna 16219; BMC (Lydia) 35.TextImage
BMC 36Gordian III, AE19 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. AY K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles, naked, standing front, looking left, lionskin in left hand and resting on club with right hand. BMC 36; Ehling 277; Weber 6814; SNG von Aulock 7230; RPC VII 146; SNG Cop 152.TextImage
BMC 37Gordian III, AE20 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles right, strangling the Nemean lion which has one back leg on Herakles' leg. BMC 37; SNG Cop 151; Waddington 814; Ehling 281.TextImage
CNG 326, 282
RPC VII 111A
Gordian III AE42 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. 41.05 g. Magistrate Aelius Aristonicus. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠΠI AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles, naked, seated left on lionskin draped over rock, holding club set on ground in right hand, kantharos in left. Apollo, naked but for cloak, holding plectrum and lyre standing right before him with Artemis holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver at his side, and Tyche, turreted, standing left, holding wreath and cornucopiae, crowning Herakles. RPC VII 111A; Aiello Mysia 169. CNG 326, lot 282.TextImage
Ehling 206Gordian III, AE32 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Apollonidos. 15.99 g. AYT KAI M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓOYCTO, radiate, draped bust right / EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIΔOY AΡX ΓEΡMHNΩN, Three nymphs, each wearing chiton and holding jug, the outer two each placing arm on shoulder of central figure. Ehling 206; RPC VII 103; Warsaw 59481.TextImage
Ehling 252Gordian III AE27 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. AD 238-244. AY K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, two draped female figures, standing facing each other, amphora on ground between them. RPC VII 142.1; BMC 1975-4-11-12; Ehling 252.TextImage
G and N 39, 553Gordian III AE26 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. 7.01 g. Magistrate Naibianos. AVT K M ATN (sic) ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI NAIBIAN ΓEΡMHNΡN, Tyche standing left, polos on head, holding rudder and cornucopiae. G&N auction 39, 553; RPC 136 var. (rev legend).TextImage
Hunter 3Gordian III AE19 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. 8.14 g. AYT K M ATN ΓOΡΔIANOC (sic), laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Hunter 3; SNG Cop 150; SNG von Aulock 7229.TextImage
Kurth Herakles 224aGordian III, AE33 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Ael. Aristoneikos. 17.34 g. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓOYCTO, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠI AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles right capturing the Ceryneian hind, kneeling on its back and grasping its antlers with both hands. Kurth Herakles 224a; wwxls 41207.TextImage
Mionnet II, 275Gordian III, AE29 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Ail. Aristoneikos. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped bust right / EΠI AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles right, strangling the Nemean lion which has one hind leg on Herakles' leg. Mionnet II, 275; RPC VII 125.3.TextImage
Rhousopolis 3306Gordian and Tranquillina, AE38 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Ail. Aristoneikos. AYT M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC ΦOYΡ CA TΡANKYΛΛ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right facing draped bust of Tranquillina left / EΠI CTΡ AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY, ΓEΡMHNΩ, Kybele seated left, holding patera and sceptre, lions at foot left and right. Rhousopoulos 3306; Dessau 843 (Cahn auction 71, 1931, this coin).TextImage
RPC VII 107Gordian III, AE29 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Apollonidos. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIΔOY AΡX ΓERMHNΩN, Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. RPC VII 107; BMC 35.TextImage
RPC VII 111Gordian III. AE43 of Germe, Mysia. 238-244. Magistrate Ail. Aristoneikos. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles, holding club in left hand and Telephos on his knee, reclining left on the back of a lion walking right. RPC VII 111; Hirsch auction XII (1904) lot 227.TextImage
RPC VII 114Gordian III, AE of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. 11.10 g. Magistrate Aelius Aristonikos. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI C AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY ΓERMHNΩN, Apollo, naked, standing half-right, right hand on his head, resting left hand on a lyre on a column, serpent-entwined tree in left field. RPC VII 114; Ehling, Germe 225.TextImage
RPC VII 127Gordian III, AE26 of Germe, Mysia. 238-244 AD. 7.41 gr. Magistrate Aristoneikos. AVT K M AN ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EΠI AΡICTONEK ΓEΡMH-NΩ-N, Artemis huntress advancing right and reaching for an arrow from the quiver at her shoulder. RPC VII 127 (same dies).TextImage
RPC VII 137Gordian III, AE of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. 8.71 g. AY K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. RPC VII 137; Ehling 261.TextImage
RPC VII 141Gordian III, AE25 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. AYT K M AN ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right / ΓEΡMHNΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RPC VII 141.TextImage
SNG Cop 146Gordian III AE29 of Germe, Mysia. AVT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate draped bust right / EΠI AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY ΓERMHNΩN, Gordian standing left, holding long sceptre and raising right hand to hail Apollo, standing right, holding lyre and plectrum. TextImage
SNG Cop 148Gordian III AE26 of Germe, Mysia. 238-244 AD. Magistrate Apollonidos. AYT K M AN(T?) ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIΔOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Lindgren III 467; RPC VII 109; SNG Cop 148.TextImage
SNG Righetti 7204Gordian III AE35 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. 18.78 g. Magistrate M. Aur. Naevianus. AYT KAI M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓOYCTO, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI M AYΡ NAIBIANOY AΡX TO B ΓEΡMHNΩN around and in lower centre, emperor on horseback galloping right, right hand raised. SNG Righetti 7204; RPC 132.2; Ehling 262.1.TextImage
SNG Turkey 5, 258Gordian III, AE25 of Germe, Mysia. 238-244 AD. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / EΠI AΡICTONEIK ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. RPC VII, 129; SNG Turkey Tire, 358.TextImage
SNG vA 1119Gordian III, AE37 of Germe, Mysia. AD 238-244. Magistrate Ail. Aristoneikos. 20.04 g. AYT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AYΓOYCTO, radiate, draped bust right / EΠI AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY ΓEΡMH, three nymphs standing facing, the two outer ones holding a jug, the one in the centre holding a branch. SNG von Aulock 1119; Ehling 221; RPC VII 112.1.TextImage
SNG vA 1122Gordian III. AE26 of Germe, Mysia, 238-244 AD. 7.69 gr. AYT K M ATN ΓOΡΔIANOC (sic), laureate, draped bust right / ΓERMHNΩN, Zeus seated left on stool, holding eagle and sceptre. SNG von Aulock 1122 (Mysia)..TextImage
TRANQUILLINA
BMC 32varTranquillina, AE30 of Germe, Mysia. 11,73g. ΦOYΡ TΡANKYΛΛINA CAB, diademed, draped bust right / EΠI AΡICT ΓEΡMHN, Artemis standing left, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, facing Apollo, holding plectrum and lyre, and Asklepios standing facing, looking left, holding serpent-entwined staff. BMC 32 var (Gordian III), poss. unpublished for Tranquillina.TextImage
BMC Mysia 35Tranquillina, AE29 of Germe, Mysia. Magistrate Aristoneikos. ΦOYΡ TΡANKYΛΛINA CAB, diademed and draped bust right / EΠI AΡICTONEIK ΓEΡMHN, Dionysos, naked but for chlamys falling low down his back, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. BMC Mysia 35; BMC Lydia 42; RPC VII 152.3; Dessau 844 (Cahn auction 71, 1931, this coin).TextImage
Burstein 577Tranquillina, AE30 of Germe, Mysia. AD 241-244. 10.62 g. Magistrate Aelius Aristonicus. ΦOYΡ TΡANKYΛΛINA CAB, draped bust right / EΠI AIΛ AΡICTONEIKOY ΓEΡMH, Apollo, sitting left on rock, holding branch in right hand and resting left elbow on a tripod at his side. Burstein Coll. 577. Not in RPC VII etc.TextImage
RPC VII 150Tranquillina, AE29 of Germe, Mysia. AD 241-244. Magistrate Ail. Aristoneikos. ΦOYΡ TΡANKYΛΛINA CAB, draped bust right, wearing stephane / EΠI AΡICTONEI ΓEΡMHN, Artemis in short chiton, standing right, holding bow and reaching for arrow from quiver at her shoulder; Apollo in the centre, standing right, holding lyre and plectrum; Asklepios on the right, standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. RPC VII 150; Ehling 291.TextImage
RPC VII 154Tranquillina, AE30 of Germe, Mysia. AD 241-244. Magistrate Naibianus. ΦOYΡ TΡANKYΛΛINA C, draped bust right / EΠI M AYΡ NAIBIAN ΓEΡMHNΩN, Apollo, naked, standing right, right hand above his head and holding lyre on short column with left; serpent-entwined tree behind him. ΓB monogram in lower right field. RPC VII 154; Ehling 301; Hunter 5; Waddington 815.TextImage
PHILIP I
BMC 44Philip I, AE34 of Germe, Mysia. AD 244-249. Magistrate Gaius Julius Perperus Rufinianus. AYT K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI Γ I ΠEΡΠEΡOY ΡOYΦ TO B ΓEΡMHNΩN, three nymphs standing facing, the two outer ones holding a jug, the one in the centre holding a branch. BMC 44; SNG von Aulock 1125; Ehling 314.TextImage
SNG vA 1124Philip I. AE44 of Germe, Mysia. AD 244-249. Magistrate Perperus Rufus. AYT K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠI Γ I ΠEΡΠEΡOY ΡOYΦEINIANOY A ARC TO B ΓEΡMHNΩN, Herakles, naked, standing right, strangling the Nemean lion. SNG von Aulock 1124 (Mysia); Dessau 845 (Cahn auction 71, 1931, this coin).TextImage
OTACILIA SEVERA
Waddington 820Otacilia Severa, AE29 of Germe, Mysia. AD 244-249. Magistrate Perperus Rufus. M ΩTAK CEBHΡA CE, draped bust right / EΠI ΠEΡΠEΡOY ΡOYΦ ΓEΡMHNΩN, Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Waddington 820; Kraft pl. 36.53b; Vienna 16223; Abbott 1342.TextImage
WWXLS 41081Otacilia Severa. AE28 of Germe, Mysia. AD 244-249. 9.95 g. Magistrate Perperos. M ΩTAK CEBHΡA CE, diademed and draped bust right. / EΠI ΠEΡΠEΡOY ΡOYΦ ΓEΡMHNΩN in two lines around, Apollo standing facing by lyre placed on a column to right, right hand over his head, serpent-entwined tree to left. WWXLS 41081. Unpublished reverse for Otacilia Severa.TextImage
PHILIP II
SNG Tub. 2493Philip II AE28 of Germe, Mysia. AD 244-249. Magistrate Perperus Rufus. M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC K with dots in legend, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠI ΠEΡΠEΡOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG Tuebingen 2493.TextImage
Waddington 821Philip II, AE26 of Germe, Mysia. Magistrate Perperus. M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC K dot, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right / EΠI ΠEΡΠEΡOY ΓEΡMHNΩN, Zeus, wearing himation, seated left, holding patera and sceptre. Waddington 821.TextImage
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