RPC VII.2, 2096

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2096
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 ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 7
Reference Rec —; Dalaison 2017, Héraclée —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 2089/1–3.
Note The break on the reverse die is not yet visible on the specimens issued in the name of Gordian III (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19700)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42123