Æ36 - Gordian III ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Heraclea Pontica (Bithynia and Pontus)
Emperor	Gordian III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus) (238-244)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	238-244
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	21.82 g
Diameter	35 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 465478
References	RPC Online VII.2# 2093 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , Recueil# 78 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes).

Obverse

Diademed bust of Heracles, left, wearing lion skin around neck, and holding club.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΑΝ

Unabridged legend: τὸν κτίστην

Translation: for the founder

Reverse

Heracles seated left, on rock, extending right hand towards small Eros standing right in front of him, holding club; to left, tree on which small Eros holding bow and arrow.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ

Translation: [Coin] of Heraclea, mother of colony cities

Mint

Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia, modern-day Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (238-244)

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