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| BMC 33 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia, AR didrachm, 302-289 BC, 9.78 g. Struck under Lysimachos. Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress / HΡAKΛEΩTAN, Dionysos, loins draped, seated left on throne, holding kantharos and thyrsos. BMC 33; RecGen 44. | Text | Image |
| Nomos 25, 157 | Herakleia Pontika, Bithynia, AR stater struck under the tyrant Satyros, ca 352-345 BC. 21 mm, 7.17 g. Head of Herakles facing slightly right, wearing lionskin headdress knotted under his chin. / HΡAKΛEIA, Nike, bare to waist, kneeling left on a club with its head to left, raising her right hand to inscribe the city's name. ΣI retrograde beneath the club. Nomos 25, 157. Var of SNG von Aulock 356 and Kraay-Hirmer 726 both without ΣI. | Text | Image |
| Prowe (1913), 16 | Heracleia-Pontica, Bithynia. AE36, semi-provincial issue. AD 238-244. TON KTICTAN, diademed head of Herakles left, holding club over right shoulder. / HΡAKΛHAC A MATΡOC AΠOIKΩN ΠOΛIΩN, Zeus, wielding thunderbolt, driving quadriga of galloping horses right, two serpent-legged giants before the horses. Prowe (1913) 16 (this coin); RPC VII-2, 2095. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 3 | Herakleia-Pontica, Bithynia. AR drachm. 415-364 BC. 17 mm, 5.58 g. Head of Herakles left, bearded, wearing lionskin headdress. / HΡAK-ΛEIA above and beneath bull butting left, crescent in right field. RecGen 3. | Text | Image |
| Rec Gen 46 | Herakleia-Pontica, Bithynia. AR drachm. 289-281 BC. 17 mm, 4.11 g. Struck under Arsinoe. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. / HΡAKΛEΩTAN, Dionysos seated left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. Bunch of grapes over A in left field, ΠA monogram beneath chair. RecGen 46; Rhousopoulos 3260; Imhoof GRM 1; Hoover HGC 482; Kurth Dionysos 1419; Bernhart 779 (all the same coin). | Text | Image |
| RecGen 49 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia, AE17 mm, 2.95 g. ca 250-200 BC. Head of bearded Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / HΡAKΛE-ΩTAN, lion leaping right, monogram above. RecGen 49; SNG BM Black Sea 1631. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 70 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia, AE36, semi-autonomous. AD 238-244. 27.35 g. TON KTICTAN, bearded bust of Herakles right, lionskin tied around neck, club over right shoulder / HΡAKΛEΩTAN ΠONTΩ around and beneath Herakles, naked, standing right, looking left, holding club in left hand, lionskin over left arm and leading Kerberos behind him; tree to left, figure of Hera, kalathos on head, holding an apple, on a column in right field. RecGen 70-71; Mionnet II, 160; Mionnet Supp. V, 283; Voegtli 6k. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 72 | Heracleia Pontica, Bithynia, AE35 semi-autonomous issue. AD 238-244. 22.8 g. TON KTICTAN, bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin tied around his neck, the lion's head at his left shoulder, and holding club in his right hand. / HΡAKΛEΩTAN MATΡOC AΠOIKΩN ΠOΛIΩN, Zeus or Demos seated left, holding patera and sceptre, two small figures standing front at foot left. RecGen 72 corr. ; Paris 621; SNG France 269; Dalaison Héraclée, 7; RPC VII.2 2099. | Text | Image |
| Rec Gen 78 | Herakleia Pontica, Bithynia. AE35 semi-autonomous issue, ca. AD 200-250. 21.82 g. TON KTICTAN, heroic bust of Herakles left, lionskin on left shoulder, holding club over right shoulder. / HΡAKΛEΩTAN MATΡOC AΠOIKΩN ΠO-ΛIΩN (final Λ upside down), Herakles sitting left on rocks draped with lionskin, extending right hand to a small winged genius or Eros holding club and kneeling right before him, a second genius or Eros standing right in a tree, drawing bow. RecGen 78 (same dies); Paris H266; Dieudonné Paris Inventory 624; Voegtli 20h; Kurth Herakles 830. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 1576 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia, AR obol, 12 mm, 1.16 g. ca 350 BC. Head of bearded Herakles left, wearing lionskin headdress. / HΡAK-ΛEIA above and beneath club with handle on left. SNG BM Black Sea 1576; SNG Stancomb 812; Traité II-2, 2903; RecGen 12. | Text | Image |
| SNG BM 1605-1608 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AR Didrachm (345-337 BC), 9.04 g (21 mm). Time of the tyrants Timotheos and Dionysios, Head of young Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy; thyrsos over right shoulder / TIMOΘEOY ΔIONYΣIOY, Herakles, naked, wearing lionskin, standing left, erecting trophy. (Note: SNG BM also describes a club in the field). SNG BM 1605-1608. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 1616cf | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AR Didrachm. ca 305-281 BC. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress / HΡAKΛEΩTAN, Dionysus seated left on diphros, holding cantharus in extended right hand and thyrsus in left, EY monogram under seat. SNG BM Black Sea 1616-1618cf, SNGvA 366-367 cf, Dewing 2153-2154cf. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 1632 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. ca 300-280 BC. AE 22mm. Head of Herakles right, in lion's skin headdress / HΡAKΛEΩTAN, club and a bow in a bowcase. | Text | Image |
| SNG BMC 1816 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AR Stater or Double Siglos. Time of Lysimachos, 302-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, in lion's skin headdress / HΡAKΛEΩTAN Dionysos seated left, holding kantharos in right hand and thrysos in left, Ao monogram under seat. | Text | Image |
| SNG von Aulock 356 | Herakleia Pontika, Bithynia, AR stater struck under the tyrant Satyros, ca 352-345 BC. 21 mm, 6.84 g. Head of Herakles facing slightly right, wearing lionskin headdress knotted under his chin. / HRAKLEIA, Nike, bare to waist, kneeling left on a club with its head to left, raising her right hand to inscribe the city's name. SNG von Aulock 356; Kraay-Hirmer 726. | Text | Image |
| Weber 4879 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AR Obol. Time of the tyrant Kleachos I, 364-352 BC. Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin / trophy of arms. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 3778 | Herakleia, Bithynia. AR Didrachm or Stater. Struck under Timotheos and Dionysios. 345-337 BC. 20 mm, 9.8 g. Wreathed head of Dionysos left, thyrsos over shoulder. / TIMOΘEOY ΔIONYΣIOY to right and left of Herakles standing left, holding lionskin and erecting trophy; ram's head below. SNG Cop 419; SNG BM Black Sea 1605-1608; SNG Stancomb 817; BMC 22; Sear SG 3778. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 3780 | Herakleia, Bithynia. AR Didrachm or Stater. Struck under Dionysios. 337-305 BC. 23 mm, 9.8 g. Wreathed head of Dionysos left, thyrsos over shoulder. / ΔIONYΣIOY to right of Herakles standing left, holding lionskin and erecting trophy. SNG BM Black Sea 1611; BMC 25; Sear SG 3780. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 3783 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AR Stater. Time of Lysimachos. 302-281 BC. 9.71 g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / HΡAKΛEΩTAN, youthful Dionysos seated left, holding kantharos and thrysos. Λo monogram beneath chair. SNG BM Black Sea 1616; RecGen 44; SNG Stancomb 823-825; SNG von Aulock 366; BMC 30; Sear SG 3783. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 3787 | Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AE13. 2nd - 1st century BC. Laureate head of young and beardless Herakles right / HΡAKΛEΩ-TAN above and beneath table draped with lionskin and surmounted by bow and quiver, club on ground before. DI monogram in left field. BMC 28; SNG Stancomb 843, SNG BMC Black Sea 1637. | Text | Image |
| Lanz 120, 393 | Septimius Severus, AE39 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Unclear legend, Herakles standing right, wielding club, grasping the reins of a rearing mare of Diomedes facing him, another mare on the ground below. Unpublished reverse for Septimius Severus. Lanz 120, 393. | Text | Image |
| PRC Severus060 | Septimius Severus, AE30 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. 5.7 g. AYT K CEΠ CEYHΡOC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛHAC EN ΠONTΩ, Herakles standing front, looking right, naked but for lionskin around neck and left arm, holding three-pronged rake, about to clean the wall of the Augean stables. Brauer type 3. Provincial-romans.com, Severus060; Kurth Herakles 414. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 107bis | Septimius Severus, AE31 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. 18.23 g. AVT K Λ CEΠ CEVHΡOC Π, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛHAC EN ΠONTΩ, Herakles advancing right, carrying Erymanthian boar on far shoulder over which is draped his lionskin. RecGen 107bis; Voegtli type 3, pl. 3, a; Mionnet Supp. V 300. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 111 | Septimius Severus, AE30 of Herakleia-Pontika, Pontus. 193-211 AD. AYT K Λ CEΠTI CEYHΡOC Π, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛHAC EN ΠONTΩ, Herakles standing right, club raised in right hand, grasping the Hind of Cyreneia by the horns. RecGen 111; SNG v. Aulock 379; Pick, Mandl Coll. 27 in NZ 1891. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 376 | Septimius Severus, AE30 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AY K Λ CEΠ CEVHΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛHAC EN ΠONTΩ, Herakles, holding club and lionskin in left arm, walking right and leading Kerberos behind him. SNG von Aulock 376. | Text | Image |
| Cornell 97 | Caracalla AE 35mm of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AYT K M AYΡH ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate head right / HΡAKΛHAC EN ΠONTΩ, Herakles standing facing, head left, leaning right and lifting Antaeus up into the air by the waist while Antaeus tries to break his grip; in lower left field, club. Cornell 97; Kurth Herakles 742A. | Text | Image |
| Lanz 156, 359 | Geta, AE30 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AD 209-211. 19.20 g. AYT K Π CE ΓETAC AYΓ, laureate head right / HΡAKΛAC EN ΠONTΩ, Herakles walking left, looking left, holding club and lionskin, leading the three-headed Kerberos. Numismatic Lanz 156, lot 359; Kurth Herakles 533. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 140 | Geta AE18 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. 3.6 gr. 189-209 AD. Π CEΠT ΓETAC K, Bare-headed, draped bust right / HΡAKΛHAC ΠONTΩ, Helmeted bust of Athena right, with aegis. cf SNG von Aulock 390; RecGen 140; SNG Cop 441 (with Π CEΠTI..). | Text | Image |
| Rec Gen 140 (2) | Geta, AE18 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AD 198-209. Π CEΠTI ΓETAC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. / HΡAKΛHAC EN ΠONTΩ, helmeted, draped bust of Athena right, aegis on chest. RecGen 140 (this coin); Paris 667 (ditto); SNG von Aulock 390 and 6946; SNG Cop 441; Mionnet Supp. V, 321. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 141 var | Geta, AE18 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AD 198-209. 3.56 g. Λ CEΠT ΓETAC K, bare head right. / HΡAKΛHAC ΠONTΩ, helmeted head of Athena right. Obv. legend var of RecGen 141; BMC 48 (both with CEΠ) and Mionnet Supp. V, 320 (with Π CEΠT). | Text | Image |
| RecGen 162 | Geta, AE30 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithymia. AD 209-211. 16.59 g. AVT K Π CE ΓETAC AVΓ, laureate head right / HΡAKΛ..ΠONTΩ, Herakles standing right, holding the horn of the Cretan bull. RecGen 162; Paris 678; Voegtli type 6b; Kurth Herakles 460. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 174 | Macrinus, AE30 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AD 217-218. 13.55 g. AYT K M OΠEΛ CEYH MAKΡEINOC AYΓ, laureate, cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛAC-EN ΠONTΩ around and beneath Herakles, naked, holding club, running right, chasing Hippolyte on horseback galloping right. RecGen 174; Paris 689; Kurth Herakles 394. | Text | Image |
| Stacks 2010, 260 | Macrinus. AE31 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AD 217-218. 16.54 g. AYT K M OΠEΛ CEYH MAKΡEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛHAC EN ΠONTΩ, Herakles standing right, lionskin on shoulders, grasping the reins of one of the mares of Diomedes rearing left, and wielding club. Kurth Herakles 491a; Stacks auction, 2010, 260. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 177 | Diadumenian, AE of Herakleia Pontica, Bithynia. AD 218. 7.67 g. M OΠEΛ ANTΩN ΔIAΔOYMENIANOC KAI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛHAC EN ΠONTΩ, Dionysos, wearing short chiton and boots, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. RecGen 177; SNG France VII, 342; Paris 691. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 6955 | Diadumenian, AE24 of Heraclea-Pontica, Bithynia. AD 218. M OΠEΛ ANTΩN ΔIAΔOYMENIANOC KAI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛHAC EN ΠONTΩ, Dionysos, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. SNG von Aulock 6955; Mionnet II, 171; RecGen 177 var (panther). | Text | Image |
| Gemini VI 645 | Severus Alexander, AE27 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AD 222-235. 10.14g. AYT M AYΡ CEY AΛEXANΔΡON AY, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛEΩTAN ΠONTO, Herakles, naked except for lionskin on shoulders, standing left, wielding club, grasping one of the Hydra's heads with left hand; the hydra's tail coiled around Herakles' right leg. Kurth Herakles 189. Gemini VI 645; CNG 126, 167. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 185 | Severus Alexander, AE36 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AD 222-235. 13.47 g. AYT M AYΡ CEY AΛEXANΔΡON AY, laureate, draped bust right. Countermark "H" in circular incuse. / HΡAKΛEΩTAN ΠONTΩ, Kybele seated left, holding patera, resting arm on tympanon, two lions at her sides. RecGen 185; ANS 1953.171.463. | Text | Image |
| Stacks 2010, 259 | Severus Alexander AE30 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. AD 222-235. 13.49 g. AYT M AYΡ CEY AΛEXANΔΡOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with Nike / HΡAKΛEΩTAN ΠONTΩ, Herakles standing right, grasping the horns of the Cretan bull leaping. Voegtli types 4g and 4h; Kurth Herakles 439. Stacks Jan 2010, 259. | Text | Image |
| Cornell 99 | Gordian III AE 38mm of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on left shoulder / MATΡOC AΠOIKΩN ΠOΛIΩN, HΡAKΛEΩT-AN in exergue, Herakles standing right, preparing to strike one of the mares of Diomedes with his club in his right hand. Cornell 99; Kurth Herakles 492. | Text | Image |
| Rec Gen 217 | Gordian III AE 36mm of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on left shoulder / HΡAKΛEΩTAN MATΡOC AΠOIKΩN ΠOΛIΩN, Herakles standing left, nude, raising club far over his shoulder, about to hit the Lernean Hydra; quiver and bow behind. RecGen 217; Waddington 360; Paris 715; Kurth Herakles 188. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 219 | Gordian III, AE28 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛEΩTAN ΠONTO, Herakles walking right, pulling Kerberos behind him. RecGen 219; Mionnet Supp. V, 350-351; Paris 717; Kurth Herakles 534. | Text | Image |
| RecGen 226 var | Gordian III AE27 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. 10.8 g. M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC KAIC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / (HΡAKΛEΩT)AN ΠONTY (and additional letters below), the four-storey lighthouse of Herakleia, flame holder on the top, entry door below and figures on the tops of the first main storey. RecGen 226 var ((legends and denomination)); Imhoof GM 124 var (ditto). | Text | Image |
| Hessen 613 | Gallienus, AE25 of Herakleia-Pontika, Bithynia. Π Λ ΓAΛΛHNOC CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / HΡAKΛEΩTAN NEΩKOΡΩC, Herakles Farnese standing right, right hand behind back, resting on club set on rock. Unpublished. RecGen 235-236 var (rev type); SNG von Aulock 449 and Lindgren III 177 var (Herakles with bow); SNG von Aulock 387 var (this rev. type for Caracalla). Museumlandschaft Hessen-Kassel, inv. Mü 613. | Text | Image |
| Paris M4793 | Gallienus AE25 of Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia.AD 253-268. AYT KAIC ΠOY ΓAΛΛHNOC AYΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / HΡAKΛHAC NEOKOΡΩ ΠONTOY, prize crown containing two palm branches. Paris M4793; RecGen 245-246 var. (legends). | Text | Image |
