RPC VII.2, 2091

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 view of an amphitheatre; to left, temple with six columns seen in perspective; in the centre, athlete (?) holding palm, crowning himself (?), standing in front of seated statue of Heracles, holding patera, a club behind him

Coin no. 2 of RPC VII.2, 2091

 

Museum Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany)
Inventory no. 18273479, 1846/7134
Reference Rec 76, pl. LVII, 16
Diameter 34
Weight 25.68
Axis 6
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External URI https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18273479 
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