224, Lot: 407. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Acmoneia. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Gallienus, AD 253-268. Æ 27mm (19.34 g, 7h). Diademed bust of Demos right / Herakles standing right, leaning on club, holding apples behind back. SNG Copenhagen 19; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 19 (same dies). VF, brown patina, rough surfaces.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 6146.

The model for this reverse type is a Hellenistic sculpture copied by the Romans - the most famous copy being Glykon’s ‘Farnese Hercules’ that was discovered in the excavations of the Baths of Caracalla in 1546. The statue depicts the hero at rest after completing his Labors: he is shown standing with his club propped under his left arm, supporting the weight of his muscular frame, his head slightly nodding forward in a weary attitude, and he holds the apples of the Hesperides behind his back in his right hand.