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RIC VIII Heraclea 27

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RIC VIII Heraclea 27, AE3, Bronze, struck at Heraclea, 337–340 AD. Obverse: bust of constans, laureate, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, left. Reverse: two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, facing front, heads toward each other, each holding inverted spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, a standard. Weight about 1.4 g, diameter 14.3 mm.
obverse RIC VIII Heraclea 27
obverse: Bust of Constans, laureate, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, left
reverse RIC VIII Heraclea 27
reverse: Two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, facing front, heads toward each other, each holding inverted spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, a standard
mint Heraclea weight 1.43g (4)
ruler Constantius II diameter ⌀14.3 (2)
denomination AE3 axis 6↕ (2)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Constans, laureate, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, left

CONST-ANS AVG
reverse

Two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, facing front, heads toward each other, each holding inverted spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, a standard

GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS
specimens (7)
American Numismatic Society 1.29g ⌀14.5 6↕
American Numismatic Society 1.58g ⌀14.0 6↕
British Museum 1.52g
British Museum (RIC VIII)
British Museum 1.33g
British Museum (RIC VIII)
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE)

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RIC VIII Heraclea 27 (ric.8.her.27), 337–340 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-viii-heraclea-27/ (accessed: 2026-10-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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