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Object Type
Museum number: TC,p121.1.Her
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Herakles strangling lion. (obverse); Statue of Athena on platform, with patera and spear with shield. (reverse)
State
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1stC
Production place: Minted in: Heraclea Pontica
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 1 o'clock; Weight: 3.960 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RPC1 / Roman provincial coinage. Vol.1, From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AD 69) (2088/1); BMC Greek (Pontus) / Catalogue of Greek coins: Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, and the Kingdom of Bosporus (43, p.144); Taylor Combe 1814 / Veterum Populorum et Regum Numi qui in Museo Britannico Adversantur (The Coins of Ancient Peoples and Kings Preserved in the British Museum)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; animal
Associated names: Representation of: Herakles/Hercules; Representation of: Athena/Minerva
Acquisition notes: This denotes the first catalogue produced of the British Museum coin and medal collections by Taylor Combe, the then Keeper of Antiquities, in 1814.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: TC,p121.1.Her
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: RPC I 2088
C&M catalogue number: GC13 (BMC Greek (Pontus)) (144) (43)

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