Bronze medallion, time of Gordian III, Heracleia Pontica in Bithynia, undated, 238-44 A.D.
TON KTICTAN; Bearded bust of Herakles r., lion skin tied around neck, holding club over r. shoulder.
HPAKΛEOTAN (sic) / ΠONTΩ; Hercules, naked, standing r., head turned back to l., holding club in l. hand with lion skin draped over l. arm and pulling Cerberus by chain in r. hand; before, statuette of Hera on cippus.
SNG von Aulock —; Waddington Recueil 70 and pl. lvii, 11; Voegtli 6k
Picture credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (Triton V), 15.1.2002, lot 1712
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