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Gordian III Æ 34mm of Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia. AD 238-244. M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑC ΜΑΤΡΟC ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ, Zeus (or Demos) seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; in front, the Three Graces standing; [..]ANO[..](sic). Unpublished; cf. RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 19704 (obv. type, two figures standing) and 19741 (obv. type, reign of Philip I, same rev. die?); cf. SNG von Aulock 6938 (obv. type); cf. Dalaison 2017, Héraclée 8 (same). 22.82g, 34mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished and possibly unique.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.
This reverse type is found on the pseudo-autonomous issues of Heraclea Pontica which depict Hercules on the obverse (RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 19703-4 and 19741, and SNG von Aulock 6938).
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished and possibly unique.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.
This reverse type is found on the pseudo-autonomous issues of Heraclea Pontica which depict Hercules on the obverse (RPC VII.2 Online Unassigned ID 19703-4 and 19741, and SNG von Aulock 6938).