Hello
I would like to request the addition of a new issuer for Roman provincial coins.
Thank you in advance
- the name of the issuer in English (and if possible also in French and Spanish)
En: Germe, City of
Fr: Germe, Ville de
Es: Germe, Ciudad de
It should be under Conventus of Pergamum
a.k.a. Germa, Germae, Germai, Hiera Germa, Hiera Germe, Holy Germa, Germe on the Rhyndacus, Germa in Hellesponto, Germe in Mysia
- its Wikidata code (for example, Q854 for Sri Lanka)
Q16332159
- the link of one or more Numista records that you want to classify under this issuer
- if possible, a brief introduction presenting the history of this issuer with any numismatic considerations useful to the reader
Germe on the Rhyndacus, also known as Hiera Germa (Holy Germa) or Germa in Hellesponto, was a city of ancient Mysia in Asia Minor. It belonged to the Conventus of Pergamum, in the province of Asia. Germe was situated between the rivers Macestus and Rhyndacus, near modern-day Karaçam in Savaştepe, Turkey. Coins were not issued by Germe before the Flavian period, when two denominations were minted, both probably under Emperor Titus. Coinage was resumed under Trajan, when strategos Ioulios Artemidoros, issued a series with two large denominations. Four more series without the name of a strategos were issued under Trajan in five denominations: Æ28–32 (14.96 g); Æ26–27 (11.45 g); Æ21–22 (5.68 g); Æ18–19 (4.01 g); and Æ15–17 (2.93 g). Coinage continued steadily until the reigns of Philip the Arab (AD 244-249) and Philip II (247-249).
