RPC VII.2, 2086

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2086
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 and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων
Translation of the Heracleans, of the mother of the colony cities
Reverse design Heracles standing left, brandishing club and grasping the Lernaean hydra; to right, quiver and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.76 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 217
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 715 Wa 360 = SNG 367 = Rec 217, pl. LXI, 23
2 2     Auctiones Basel 1980, lot 137 = Münzzentrum Rheinland 143, 16 Apr. 2008, lot 312
3 3     CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 133
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 990
5 5     CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1710 = Sternberg 22, 20 Nov. 1989, lot 335
6 6     Naumann 64, 1 Apr. 2018, lot 264 = Leu EA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 670
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 53, 7 Feb. 2019, lot 602