RPC VII.2, 2099

Province Bithynia-Pontus
City Heraclea Pontica 
Region Bithynia
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ
Obverse design diademed bust of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus (or Demos) seated left, holding patera and sceptre; in front, two small standing figures

Coin no. 1 of RPC VII.2, 2099

 

Museum Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France)
Inventory no. 621
Reference SNG 269 = Rec 72, pl. LVII, 12
Diameter 35
Weight 22.44
Axis 6
Note collector's countermark on the obv. (eagle); chipped
External URI https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85553876 
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