| CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE |
| RecGen 70 | Bithynia, Heracleia Pontica. Time of Gordian III. Circa 238-244 AD. AE 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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| SNG BM 1605-1608 | Heraclea Pontika, Bithynia. AR Didrachm (345-337 BC), 9.04 g (21 mm). Time of the tyrants Timotheos & Dionysios, Head of young Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy; thyrsos over right shoulder / TIMOQEOY to right, DIONYSIOY to left of Herakles, naked, wearing lionskin, standing left, erecting trophy. (Note: SNG BM also describes a club in the field). SNG BM 1605-1608. | Text |  |
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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. | Text |  |
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| SNGBMC 1632 | Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika. ca 300-280 BC. AE 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. | Text |  |
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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. TIMOQEOY DIONUSIOU 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 AE 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 |
| Cornell 97 | Caracalla AE 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. | Text |  |
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| SEVERUS ALEXANDER |
| Gemini VI 645 | Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AE 27, 10.14g. Bithynia, Heracleia Pontica. AYT M AYP CEY ALEXANDRON AY, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / HRAKLEWTAN PONTW, Herakles, naked except for lion skin over shoulders, standing left, killing the Hydra, raising club in right hand, holding one of the Hydra's six heads with left hand; the beast's lower body wrapped around Herakles' right leg. Unlisted for Sev. Alex. | Text |  |
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| GORDIAN III |
| Rec Gen 217 | Gordian III AE 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 hit the Lernean Hydra; quiver & bow behind. | Text |  |
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| Rec Gen 135cf | Gordian III AE 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. | Text |  |
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| GALLIENUS |
| Hessen 613 | Gallienus, AE25 of Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia. P L GALLHNOC CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / HRAKLEWTAN NEWKORWC, 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 |  |
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| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Herakleia Pontika |
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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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