RPC VII.2, 2094

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2094
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Gordian III
Obverse inscription ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ
Edition τὸν κτίστην
Translation for the founder
Obverse design diademed bust of Heracles, left, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ (retrograde)
Edition Ἡρακλήας ματρὸς ἀποίκων πολίων
Translation of Heraclea, mother of colony cities
Reverse design Tyche seated left, holding patera and cornucopia; at feet, left, personification of the Pontus Euxinus seated right, holding anchor, and right, river god Lykos seated left, holding staff (?) and leaning on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.75 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 77; Dalaison 2017, Héraclée 10
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 623 SNG 265 = Rec 77, pl. LVII, 17
2 2     B: 18273477, B-I FM p. 260, no. 219
3 3     B: 18273478, Löbb. KM p. 8, no. 1
4 4     C
5 5     Leu WA 31, 7–8 Sept. 2024, lot 835 = Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 Apr. 2021, lot 337 = Leu EA 20, 25 June 2022, lot 1889 = Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2182
6 6     ✸ Yuri Pokrass coll.
7 7     B. Michaux coll. = CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 538 (Dr. Michael Slavin coll.)