RPC VII.2, 2082

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2082
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 [ΗΡ]ΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ, [Α]ΠΟΙΚΩΝ Π[ ] (retrograde)
Edition Ἡρακλήας ματρὸς ἀποίκων π--- Ἡρακλήας ματρὸς ἀποίκων π[---]
Translation of Heraclea, mother of colonies [---]
Reverse design Heracles standing right, brandishing club and grasping by her hair Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons, kneeling right in front of her fallen horse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.59 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 216
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 714 Wa 361 = SNG 366 = Rec 216, pl. LXI, 22