RPC VII.2, 2084

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2084
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 ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Reverse design Heracles advancing right, head left, holding club and lion skin, conducting Cerberus; to right, figure of Pomona (?) on cippus, holding apple and ears of corn; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 218
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die as 2092/1. 3, 5: same rev. die as 2092/2–3.
Note Rev. legend reading either ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ or ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ with ΠΟΝΤΩ in exergue.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 716 Wa 359 = SNG 364 = Rec 218, pl. LXII, 1
2 2     ✸ B: 18273488, I-B
3 3     CNG EA 60, 12 Mar. 2003, lot 63
4 4     Roma Numismatics 22, 7 Oct. 2021, lot 547
5 5     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1118