RPC VII.2, 2083

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2083
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 ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡ[ΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ]
Edition Ἡρακλήας ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων Ἡρακλήας ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων
Translation of Heraclea, mother of colony cities
Reverse design Heracles advancing right, head left, holding club and lion skin, conducting Cerberus; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.97 g
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 655