RPC VII.2, 2060

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2060
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Caesar
Obverse design head of Gordian III, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν Πόντῳ
Translation of the Heracleans in Pontus
Reverse design Aphrodite standing left, holding apple (?); in front of her, small Eros
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.64 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 212 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Object held by Aphrodite described as apple (?) in Rec, and flower in BMC.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1888,0516.2 BMC 57 = Rec 212, pl. LXI, 19