| AE18 | Bithynia AE17, uncertain time frame but most likely between Augustan to Severan times. Heracleia Pontica Mint. Bust of Roman Senate right. Eagle left on club.
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| RecGen 70 | Bithynia, Heracleia Pontica. Time of Gordian III. Circa 238-244 AD. Æ 36mm Medallion. TON KTICTAN, bearded bust of Herakles right, lion's skin tied around neck, holding club over right shoulder / Herakles & the capture of Kerberos: HRAKL-EWTA-N (sic), PONTW in exergue, Herakles, nude, standing right, head turned back to left, holding club in left hand with lion's skin draped over left arm & pulling Kerberos by chain in right hand; before, statuette of Hera on cippus.
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| SNGBMC 1616cf | Bithynia, Heraclea Pontica AR Didrachm. ca 305-281 BC. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress / HRAKLEWTAN, , Dionysus seated left on diphros, holding cantharus in extended right hand & thyrsus in left, EY monogram under seat. SNG BM Black Sea 1616-1618cf, SNGvA 366-367 cf, Dewing 2153-2154cf.
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| SNGBMC 1632 | Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika. ca 300-280 BC. Æ 22mm. Head of Herakles right, in lion's skin headdress / HRAKLEWTAN, club & a bow in a bowcase.
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| SNGBMC 1816 | Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika AR Stater or Double Siglos. Time of Lysimachos, 302-281 BC. Head of Herakles right, in lion's skin headdress / HPAKLEWTAN Dionysos seated left, holding kantharos in right hand & thrysos in left, Ao monogram under seat.
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| Weber 4879 | Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika AR Obol. Time of the tyrant Kleachos I, 364-352 BC. Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin / trophy of arms.
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| Sear #3778 | Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika AR Stater. Time of the tyrants Timotheos & Dionysios, 345-337 BC. Head of young Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy; thyrsos over right shoulder / TIMOQEOU to right, DIONUSIOU to left of Herakles, naked, standing left, erecting trophy. SNG BMC 1605. |  |
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| Sear #3780 | Heraklea Pontika, Bithynia, AR stater. Timotheos and Dionysios Tyrant 345-337 B.C., (9.56gm.) Head of young Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos over right shoulder. TIMOØEO_ IONY…I[OY]] Hercules attaching spear to trophy. BMC 25var. |   |
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| Sear #3783 | Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika AR Stater or Double Siglos. Time of Lysimachos, ca 302-281 BC. Head of Herakles right in lion's skin headdress / HPAKLEW, young Dionysos seated left, holding kantharos & thrysos, Ao monogram below seat. SNG BMC 1818v, SNGvA 366. |  |
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| Sear #3787 | Bithynia, Heraclea Pontica Æ 13mm. 2nd - 1st century BC. Laureate head of young & beardless Herakles right / HPAKLEW above, TAN below, table draped with lion's skin & surmounted by bow & quiver, club on ground before. SNG Stancomb 843, SNG BMC 1637. |  |
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Caracalla
- _heracleiaPontica_AE35_Cornell_97 | Caracalla Æ 35mm of Bithynia, Heracleia Pontica. AVT K M AVPH ANTWNINOC AVG, laureate head right / HRAKLHAC EN PONTA, Herakles standing facing, head left, leaning right & lifting Antaeus up into the air by the waist while Antaeus tries to break his grip; in lower left field, club. |  |
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Gordian III
- Receuil General 217 | Gordian III Æ 36mm of Bithynia, Heracleia Pontica. M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, laureate & cuirassed bust right, drapery on left shoulder / HRAKLEWTAN MATR-OC APOIKWN POLIWN, Herakles standing left, nude, raising club far over his shoulder, about to bash the Lernean Hydra; quiver & bow behind. |  |
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- Receuil General 135cf | Gordian III Æ 38mm of Bithynia, Heracleia Pontica. M ANT GORDIANOC AVG, laureate & cuirassed bust right, drapery on left shoulder / MATPOC APOIKWN POLIWN, HRAKLEWT/AN in exergue, Herakles standing right preparing to strike one of the mares of Diomedes with his club in his right hand. |  |
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| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Herakleia Pontika |
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| | Search for Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika at CoinArchives.com |
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| | Entry for Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika on the Digital Historia Numorum |
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| | Search for Herakleia Pontika at AsiaMinorCoins.com |
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| | Search for Heraklea Pontica in the ANS Database |
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| | Search for Herakleia Pontika at AncientImports.com |
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| | Search for Herakleia Pontika at Incitatus Coins |
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