RPC VII.2, 2082

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative 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)
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
Axis 6
Reference Rec 216
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 714 Wa 361 = SNG 366 = Rec 216, pl. LXI, 22