RPC VII.2, 2089

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2089
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 ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ
Edition ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων Ἡρακλεωτᾶν
Translation of the mother of the colony cities, of the Heracleans
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.51 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 205
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die as 2096/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273487, I-B Rec 205, pl. LXI, 16
2 2     ✸ V: GR 33810
3 3     Faghera 2109