RIC VII Heraclea 157
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC VII Heraclea 157. Denomination: AE2; AE3. Authority: Constantine I. Mint: Heraclea. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- AE2; AE3
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Heraclea
- Authority
- Constantine I
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Constantinopolis, laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak, left, holding reversed spear in right hand
- Reverse
- Two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, standing facing each other, each holding spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, a standard
- Obverse legend
- CONSTAN-TINOPOLI
- Reverse legend
- GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.7.her.157
Research required
- Editorial verification required.
- Weight, diameter and mint marks require specimen-level evidence.
- Museum specimen photographs are linked by the source; local photographs and reuse rights remain unverified.