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VII.2, 2091
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/7.2/2091
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Volume
VII.2
Number
2091
Province
Bithynia-Pontus
Region
Bithynia
City
Heraclea Pontica
Reign
Gordian III
Obverse inscription
ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙ
Ϲ
ΤΑΝ
Obverse design
diademed bust of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club
Reverse inscription
ΗΡ
ΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟ
Ϲ
ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ
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
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.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
L: 1970,0909.28
Münzen & Medaillen AG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 352
36
22.17
6
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2
2
✸
B: 18273479, 1846/7134
Rec 76, pl. LVII, 16
34
25.68
6
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3
3
O
34
20.64
1
pierced
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