RPC VII.2, 2085

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2085
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 ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ
Edition Ἡρακλήας ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων Ἡρακλήας ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων
Translation of Heraclea, mother of colony cities
Reverse design Heracles seated left, on rock, extending right hand towards small Eros standing right in front of him, holding club; to left, tree on which small Eros holding bow and arrow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.56 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18273490, 1908/5 Morel
2 2     Stuttgart: 1994/4