THRACE, Perinthus. Alliance issue with Philadelphia, Lydia. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AE41mm Medallion (43.63 gm). 

AV K L CEPTI CEVEPOC PE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust 
right 
Herakles and the apples of the Hesperides: FILADELFEIA PERIN[QIWN], 
NEWKORWN in exergue, Herakles  standing left, head right, holding 
lion's skin draped over left arm, holding apples in left hand and 
resting club on ground with right; behind, tree around the trunk of 
which, the coiled body of the serpent Ladon dead, and a Hesperide. 

Schönert, Perinthos 2; Voegtli 7i, 13m; Cornell 94 (this coin).
Not in SNG Cop; SNG Fitz., BMC, Imhoof-Blumer; Mionnet; 
see Mabbot Collection (Shulman, 6-11 June 1969), lot 492 and 
Lanz Auktion 58 (21 November 1991), lot 685 for two examples from
the same dies. 
Extremely rare. ($750) From the David Simpson Collection. Ex Brand 
Collection, pt. 7 (Sotheby's, 25 October 1984), lot 343; Egger 
Auktion XLV (12 November 1913), lot 456.

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1699.
 Lot sold for $1100, plus buyers fees.
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