RPC VII.2, 2081

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2081
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ
Edition ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων Ἡρακλεωτᾶν
Translation of the mother of the colony cities, of the Heracleans
Reverse design Heracles standing right, brandishing club and fighting Hippolyte, the queen of the Amazons on horseback, right, brandishing double axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 18.27 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 215
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 713 SNG 365 = Rec 215, pl. LXI, 21
2 2     B: 18226161, 1865/28723
3 3     Amsterdam: 1946-0030