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Æ35 - Gordian III ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Heraclea Pontica (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed architectural and figural composition depicting a view of an amphitheatre rendered in perspective, with a six-columned temple visible to the left. At the centre, a standing figure — likely an athlete — holds a palm branch and appears to be crowning himself, positioned before a seated cult statue of Heracles, who holds a patera in his outstretched hand with a club resting behind him. The scene celebrates the local games and the civic identity of Heraclea Pontica as a mother city of colonies. The encircling Greek legend ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ reads 'of the Heracleans, of the mother of the colony cities.' |
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| Reverse lettering | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟϹ ΑΠΟΙΚΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΩΝ (Translation: of the Heracleans, of the mother of the colony cities) |
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| Mint | Heraclea Pontica |
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