Æ18 - Elagabalus ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ

Heraclea Pontica maintained an unusually tenacious civic coinage tradition under the Severan dynasty, continuing to strike bronzes long after many neighboring Pontic cities had surrendered that privilege. Elagabalus, who came to power at fourteen following the Battle of Raphana and whose four-year reign was marked by religious controversy in Rome, apparently posed no administrative obstacle to the city's mint operations.

The VI#3539 reference places this among a well-documented but sparsely surviving series.