7574
Auction #34
  Lot Number: 63594
  Final Sale Price: $157.30
  Denomination: 28mm
 Grade: VF medium brown patina
 Reference: BMC Thrace pg. 120, 34

  Thrace, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 28mm (7.98 gm). Laureate, draped
  and cuirassed bust right / Herakles, naked, standing facing, head left, holding club
  and lion's skin behind, the apples of the Hesperides in right hand. Cf. SNG
  Copenhagen 577 (Herakles reversed and with hydra); BMC Thrace pg. 120, 34. VF, medium
  brown patina, partial obverse brockage. Estimate $75.
  Interesting mythological reverse depicting one of the labors or Herakles.Online auction 34 closed July 30, 2001.
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