EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.29 g, 12h). Dated RY 33 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 192). VF.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. AD 177-192. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.29 g, 12h). Dated RY 33 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 192). Λ AIΛ AVP KOM ЄVCЄ CЄ Є[VTV], laureate head right / ΡωΜΑΙƱΝ Η Ρ ΑΚΛЄΑ, Commodus, as Herakles, standing facing, head left, holding the Golden Apples of the Hesperides and leaning on club, lion’s skin draped over his right arm; behind him, Nike standing left, crowning him with her right hand, holding palm frond with her left; L ΛΓ (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) pl. 320, 599; K&G –; RPC IV.4 Online 3571.3 (this coin); Emmett –. Dark grey-brown surfaces. VF. Extremely rare, only four in RPC, two in CoinArchives, including this coin.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Hermanubis Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 355, 15 July 2015), lot 398 (hammer $1100).

Because he had been assisted in completing some of his earlier tasks, Herakles was compelled to undergo two more labors. The first of these was to steal the Apples of the Hesperides, nymphs who lived in a grove at the far western edge of the world. Herakles asked the Titan Atlas, the father of Hesperides whose task it was to hold up the heavens, to retrieve the apples in return for holding up the heavens while he did so. Having accomplished the task, Atlas was reticent to give up his freedom, and told Herakles that he would take back the apples to Tiryns for him. Herakles thereupon tricked the Titan, requesting that Atlas hold the heavens while Herakles adjusted his cloak to be more comfortable.

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