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Roman Provincial Semi-Autonomous Issue, Lydia, Germe - time of the Antonines
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obv: ΙЄΡΑCVΝ- ΚΛΗΤΟC (draped, young bust of the Roman Senate right)
rev: ΓΕPMHNΩN (laureate draped bust of Apollo right, spray of laurel before)
ref: SGI 5016, BMC 1
mint: Germe
2.76gms, 15mm
This coin is one of the rare exceptions when isn’t the bust of actual Emperor on a money, but the personification of Roman Senate. The city of Germe, where this coin struck, was on the southern bank of the Caïcus some thirty miles east of Pergamum, in Province Lydia.
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