415 BC - 340 BC

Heraclea Pontica   Bithynia
Ηράκλεια Ποντική   Bιθυνία
 Drachm / Δραχμή AR 17
 SHH 2047

2047 Heraclea Pontica Bithynia Drachm AR

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse
Notes

Reference
 4.08 g   16.4-17.0 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
Head of bearded Herakles left, clad in lion's skin; club beneath.
ΗΡΑΚ // ΛΕΙΑ above and below butting bull left; K, retrograde, above bull's head.
Type of tyrant Klearchos I
Ex Tony Hardy collection no. 999
BM I Black Sea 1582/1583 (4th century BC); Copenhagen 405 variant (415-364 BC);
Dewing ---; Sear Greek 3770 (364-352 BC); Stancomb 809 variant (400-340 BC)