RPC VII.2, 2112

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2112
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν Πόντῳ
Translation of the Heracleans in Pontus
Reverse design Heracles standing right, lion skin around neck, holding bow, shooting arrows at the Stymphalian birds, two of them falling pierced to the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.61 g
Axis 7
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B. Michaux coll.