RPC VI, 3555 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 3555 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Maximinus
Person (obv.) Maximinus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximinus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head right, lion skin around neck, holding bow, shooting arrows at the Stymphalian birds, two of them falling pierced to the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference NC 4 (1964), 159,1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Boston: 63.1501