Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 25.56 g (2)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; Heracles seated left, on rock, extending right hand towards small Eros standing right in front of him, holding club; to left, tree on which small Eros holding bow and arrow

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18273490, 1908/5 Morel

Diameter:  36 Weight: 26.61   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 25.56 g (2)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; Heracles seated left, on rock, extending right hand towards small Eros standing right in front of him, holding club; to left, tree on which small Eros holding bow and arrow

Museum: Stuttgart: Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart (Germany) Inventory: 1994/4

Diameter:  36 Weight: 24.5   Axis: 12 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.76 g (7)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; Heracles standing left, brandishing club and grasping the Lernaean hydra; to right, quiver and bow

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 715

Bibliography: Wa 360 = SNG 367 = Rec 217, pl. LXI, 23 

Diameter:  37 Weight: 19.8   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.76 g (7)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; Heracles standing left, brandishing club and grasping the Lernaean hydra; to right, quiver and bow

Bibliography: Auctiones Basel 1980, lot 137 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 143, 16 Apr. 2008, lot 312 

Weight: 19.83  

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.76 g (7)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; Heracles standing left, brandishing club and grasping the Lernaean hydra; to right, quiver and bow

Bibliography: CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 133 

Diameter:  35 Weight: 21.49  

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.76 g (7)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; Heracles standing left, brandishing club and grasping the Lernaean hydra; to right, quiver and bow

Bibliography: CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 990 

Diameter:  35 Weight: 25.31   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.76 g (7)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; Heracles standing left, brandishing club and grasping the Lernaean hydra; to right, quiver and bow

Bibliography: CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1710 = Sternberg 22, 20 Nov. 1989, lot 335 

Diameter:  36 Weight: 24.61  

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.76 g (7)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; Heracles standing left, brandishing club and grasping the Lernaean hydra; to right, quiver and bow

Bibliography: Naumann 64, 1 Apr. 2018, lot 264 = Leu EA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 670 

Diameter:  35 Weight: 24.23   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.76 g (7)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; Heracles standing left, brandishing club and grasping the Lernaean hydra; to right, quiver and bow

Bibliography: Roma Numismatics EA 53, 7 Feb. 2019, lot 602 

Diameter:  38 Weight: 17.05   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 27.26 g (1)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ; Heracles standing right, brandishing club, preparing to strike Mares of Diomedes

Bibliography: CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1711 = Leu 50, 25 Apr. 1990, lot 348 

Diameter:  38 Weight: 27.26  

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 19.93 g (1)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: [ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠ]ΟΙΚΩΝ [ ]; Triptolemus standing in biga drawn by two winged serpents, right, raising right arm; on the right, personification of the Pontus Euxinus seated right, holding anchor

Bibliography: Leu WA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2084 

Diameter:  30 Weight: 19.93   Axis: 7 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.51 g (3)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ; Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18273487, I-B

Bibliography: Rec 205, pl. LXI, 16 

Diameter:  34 Weight: 22.23   Axis: 7 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.51 g (3)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ; Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 33810

Diameter:  35.3 Weight: 18.93   Axis: 7 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 21.51 g (3)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ; Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre

Bibliography: Faghera 2109 

Diameter:  33.5 Weight: 23.36   Axis: 7 

Reign: Gordian III Persons: Gordian III (Augustus)

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 22.82 g (1)

Obverse: Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ, ΑΠΟ ΠΟΝΤΩ (?); Zeus (or Demos) seated left, holding patera and sceptre; in front, the three Charites

Bibliography: Roma Numismatics EA 77, 26 Nov. 2020, lot 885 

Diameter:  34.1 Weight: 22.82   Axis: 1 

Reign: Gordian III Persons:

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 22.83 g (3)

Obverse: ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ; diademed bust of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; 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

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1970,0909.28

Bibliography: Münzen & Medaillen AG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 352 

Diameter:  36 Weight: 22.17   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons:

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 22.83 g (3)

Obverse: ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ; diademed bust of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; 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

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18273479, 1846/7134

Bibliography: Rec 76, pl. LVII, 16 

Diameter:  34 Weight: 25.68   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons:

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 22.83 g (3)

Obverse: ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ; diademed bust of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ; 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

Museum: O: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK) Inventory: 

Diameter:  34 Weight: 20.64   Axis: 1 

Reign: Gordian III Persons:

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 24.80 g (3)

Obverse: ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ; diademed bust of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles advancing right, head left, holding club and lion skin, conducting Cerberus; to right, figure of Pomona (?) on cippus, holding apple and ears of corn; to left, tree

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 620

Bibliography: SNG 267 = Rec 71 

Diameter:  33 Weight: 23.74   Axis: 6 

Reign: Gordian III Persons:

City: Heraclea Pontica Region: Bithynia Province: Bithynia-Pontus

Denomination: Æ (35 mm); 24.80 g (3)

Obverse: ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ; diademed bust of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club

Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ; Heracles advancing right, head left, holding club and lion skin, conducting Cerberus; to right, figure of Pomona (?) on cippus, holding apple and ears of corn; to left, tree

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 619

Bibliography: SNG 268 = Rec 70, pl. LVII, 11 

Diameter:  35 Weight: 23.31   Axis: 7