RPC VII.2, 2091

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2091
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ
Edition τὸν κτίστην τὸν κτίστην
Translation for the founder
Obverse design diademed bust of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων
Translation of the Heracleans, of the mother of the colony cities
Reverse design view of an amphitheatre; to left, temple with six columns seen in perspective; in the centre, athlete (?) holding palm, crowning himself (?), standing in front of seated statue of Heracles, holding patera, a club behind him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.83 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference Rec 76; Dalaison 2017, Héraclée 9
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die as 2080/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.28 Münzen & Medaillen AG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 352
2 2     ✸ B: 18273479, 1846/7134 Rec 76, pl. LVII, 16
3 3     O