RPC I, 2089

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2089
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Claudius
Magistrate Publius Pasidienus Firmus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΑϹΙΔΙΗΝΟ[Υ ΦΙΡ]ΜΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤ[ΟΥ]
Obverse design head of Heracles, right
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕ[Ω]ΤΑΝ Ε[ ], ΟΓ
Reverse design Zeus, seated, left, holding out eagle; monogram to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note SNG restores the rev. legend ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ, and interprets ΟΓ as an Actian date = AD 42–3. Neither restoration nor the interpretation is certain, nor is the exact description of the monogram (see the discussion in the introduction to Bithynia and Pontus).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 212/1948 ex Grant = SNG 4107