RPC VII.2, 2130

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2130
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Αὔγουστος 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 front
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν Πόντῳ Ἡρακλεωτᾶν Πόντῳ
Translation of the Heracleans in Pontus
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.33 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 213
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1839,0919.92 BMC 58
2 2     P: 712 SNG 373 = Rec 213, pl. LXI, 20
3 3     NY: 1944.100.42146
4 4     SNG vA 437
5 5     Ankara: 115-1-92 Arslan, Bithynia, p. 115, 14