RPC VII.2, 2102

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2102
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Reverse design Heracles advancing right, capturing Cretan bull; below, club and quiver
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 222
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1311 SNG vA 6962
2 2     B: 18273491, I-B Rec 222, pl. LXII, 4
3 3     NY: 1973.191.9
4 4     Boston: 62.520 SNG vA 425
5 5     Roma Numismatics XIX, 26 Mar. 2020, lot 180 = SNG Stancomb 1079 = SNG vA 6961