Bronze 38 mm of Gordian III, Heracleia Pontica in Bithynia, undated, 238-44 A.D.
M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ; Laureate and cuirassed bust of Gordian III r.
MATPOC AΠOIKΩN ΠOΛIΩN / HPAKΛEΩT / AN; Hercules standing r., naked but for lion skin over his shoulders, preparing to strike one of the mares of Diomedes with his club in his right hand.
Waddington Recueil 135; Voegtli 5d-g, 12l-m; Cornell 99
Picture credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (Triton V), 15.1.2002, lot 1711
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