RPC VII.2, 2093

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2093
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ
Obverse design diademed bust of Heracles, left, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ
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
Axis 6
Reference Rec 78; Dalaison 2017, Héraclée 11
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 624 SNG 266 = Rec 78, pl. LVII, 18
2 2     ✸ Roma Numismatics XVII, 28 Mar. 2019, lot 536