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Æ19 - Trajan ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟ
| Issuer | Heraclea Pontica (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 102-114 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A turreted goddess, identified as the Tyche or Matron of Heraclea Pontica, advancing to the right in a dynamic martial pose. In her raised right hand she brandishes a spear, while her left arm bears a round shield and a second spear, conveying a protective, warrior-like aspect befitting a city's divine guardian. The abbreviated civic legend ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟ, identifying the 'Matron of the Heracleans', is disposed around the figure in the field. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Heraclea Pontica had a complicated relationship with Roman authority by Trajan's reign — the city had been absorbed into the province of Bithynia et Pontus under Pompey's reorganization in 64 BC, but retained enough civic identity to strike its own bronze well into the imperial period. The magistrate name partially preserved in the reverse legend, likely a local strategos or grammateus, is one of the few surviving traces of Heraclea's municipal administration under Trajan.