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Heraclea (ancient mint)

Ancient mint recorded as the striking place of Roman Imperial coin types in the OCRE type corpus.

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mint

Entries are linked to a maker only where the museum or collection record names that maker; attributed, workshop and uncertain names are not linked.

Published entries

13

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

13 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

AD 305 – AD 404

13 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

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Highest two confidence levels

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RIC VI Heraclea 24b

The British Museum

ancient coins

RIC VI Heraclea 24b

AD 305–AD 306

AE1 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Galerius, AD 305–AD 306, catalogued as RIC VI Heraclea 24b. Obverse: Head of Galerius, laureate, right. Reverse: Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand. Obvers…

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RIC VI Heraclea 66

The British Museum

ancient coins

RIC VI Heraclea 66

AD 312

AE2 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Licinius, AD 312, catalogued as RIC VI Heraclea 66. Obverse: Head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right. Reverse: Jupiter, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing front, head left, holding globe in right hand and leaning on sceptre with left hand. Obverse legend: IMP C GAL VAL…

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RIC VI Heraclea 68

American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)

ancient coins

RIC VI Heraclea 68

AD 312

AE3 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Licinius, AD 312, catalogued as RIC VI Heraclea 68. Obverse: Head of Licinius, laureate, right. Reverse: Jupiter, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing front, head left, holding globe in right hand and leaning on sceptre with left hand. Obverse legend: IMP C VAL LICINIAN…

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RIC VII Heraclea 56

American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)

ancient coins

RIC VII Heraclea 56

AD 324

AE2 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Constantine I, AD 324, catalogued as RIC VII Heraclea 56. Obverse: Head of Constantine I, laureate, right. Reverse: VOT/XX within a laurel wreath. Obverse legend: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG. Reverse legend: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG.

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RIC VII Heraclea 58

American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)

ancient coins

RIC VII Heraclea 58

AD 324

AE2 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Constantine I, AD 324, catalogued as RIC VII Heraclea 58. Obverse: Bust of Crispus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: VOT/X within a laurel wreath. Obverse legend: CRISPVS - NOB CAES. Reverse legend: DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS.

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RIC VII Heraclea 59

American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)

ancient coins

RIC VII Heraclea 59

AD 324

AE2 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Constantine I, AD 324, catalogued as RIC VII Heraclea 59. Obverse: Bust of Constantine II, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: VOT/V within a laurel wreath. Obverse legend: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C. Reverse legend: DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS.

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RIC VIII Heraclea 11

American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)

ancient coins

RIC VIII Heraclea 11

AD 337–AD 340

Siliqua in silver struck at Heraclea under Constantius II, AD 337–AD 340, catalogued as RIC VIII Heraclea 11. Obverse: Head of Constantius II, laureate, rosette-diademed, looking upward. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand. Reverse legend: CONSTAN-TIVS…

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RIC VIII Heraclea 107

Münzkabinett Wien (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society

ancient coins

RIC VIII Heraclea 107

AD 363–AD 364

AE1 in billon struck at Heraclea under Jovianus, AD 363–AD 364, catalogued as RIC VIII Heraclea 107. Obverse: Bust of Jovian, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Jovian, diademed, draped, cuirassed, standing front, head right, holding standard with cross on banner in right hand and Victory on globe…

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RIC IX Heraclea 2

Münzkabinett Wien (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society

ancient coins

RIC IX Heraclea 2

AD 364–AD 367

AE1 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Valens, AD 364–AD 367, catalogued as RIC IX Heraclea 2. Obverse: Bust of Valentinian I, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Emperor, head right, standing facing, holding standard and Victory on globe. Obverse legend: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG. Reverse legend: RE…

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RIC IX Heraclea 6

Münzkabinett Wien (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society

ancient coins

RIC IX Heraclea 6

AD 364–AD 367

Double maiorina in bronze struck at Heraclea under Procopius, AD 364–AD 367, catalogued as RIC IX Heraclea 6. Obverse: Bust of Procopius, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right. Reverse: Emperor, head right, standing facing, holding spear in right hand and resting left on shield. Obverse legend: D N PROCO-PIVS…

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RIC IX Heraclea 7

The British Museum — photograph sourced via the American Numismatic Society OCRE type corpus

ancient coins

RIC IX Heraclea 7

AD 364–AD 367

AE3 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Procopius, AD 364–AD 367, catalogued as RIC IX Heraclea 7. Obverse: Bust of Procopius, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, left. Reverse: Emperor, head right, standing facing, holding labarum in right hand and resting left on shield; above, in field, right, ☧. Obverse legend:…

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RIC IX Heraclea 11B

American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)

ancient coins

RIC IX Heraclea 11B

AD 378–AD 383

AE3 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Theodosius I, AD 378–AD 383, catalogued as RIC IX Heraclea 11B. Obverse: Bust of Valemtinian II, helmeted (with pearl-diadem), draped and cuirassed, right, holding spear and shield in front. Reverse: Emperor, head right, standing left, on ship, raising right hand; Victory seate…

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RIC X Arcadius 123

Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society

ancient coins

RIC X Arcadius 123

AD 404–AD 406

AE4 in bronze struck at Heraclea under Arcadius, AD 404–AD 406, catalogued as RIC X Arcadius 123. Obverse: Bust of Arcadius, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Cross. Obverse legend: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG. Reverse legend: CONCOR-DIA AVGGG.

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Dated entries by century

  • 4th century12
  • 5th century1

Only the 13 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Bronze11
  • Silver2

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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