RPC VII.2, 2106

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2106
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, carrying Erymanthian boar on far shoulder over which is draped lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 220, 220bis
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18273492, 1887/290 Rec 220bis, pl. LXII, 3
2 2     ✸ V: GR 15527
3 3     C. Rhodes coll.
4 4     M&M AG list 556, July 1992, lot 65
5 5     SNG vA 427