Æ18 - Hadrian ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ

Germe was a minor Mysian city whose civic coinage under Hadrian reflects the broader administrative reorganization of the Pergamene conventus — the Roman judicial district centered on Pergamum through which provincial affairs were filtered. Small bronze issues like this one circulated hyperlocally, rarely traveling beyond the immediate territory, which partly explains why surviving examples are often found in consistent mid-grade condition rather than heavily worn.

The ethnic ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ confirms civic rather than imperial authorization for the issue.