RPC VII.2, 2092

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2092
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ
Obverse design diademed bust of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club
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 35 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 70–1; Dalaison 2017, Héraclée 6–7
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 2084/1–2. 2–3: same rev. die as 2084/3, 5.
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: 620 SNG 267 = Rec 71
2 2     P: 619 SNG 268 = Rec 70, pl. LVII, 11
3 3     ✸ CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1712 = Aufhäuser 15, 22 Mar. 2000, lot 100