RPC VII.2, 2087

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2087
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 and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front, with eagle on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing right, brandishing club, preparing to strike Mares of Diomedes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1711 = Leu 50, 25 Apr. 1990, lot 348