RPC VII.2, 2099

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2099
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 ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus (or Demos) seated left, holding patera and sceptre; in front, two small standing figures
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 72 corr.; Martin, Demos, p. 10, Herakleia Pontike 2; Dalaison 2017, Héraclée 7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 621 SNG 269 = Rec 72, pl. LVII, 12
2 2     ✸ CNG Triton II, 1 Dec. 1998, lot 626 = Gorny & Mosch 89, 5 June 1998, lot 312 = Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 Apr. 2021, lot 336 = Leu 14, 14 Oct. 2023, lot 122
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1842 = Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1926