Hercules as Ktistes

279, Lot: 159. Estimate $100. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Gordian III, AD 238-244. Æ (18mm, 2.74 g, 7h). TON KTI CTHN, head of Hercules right / AΔPIANO ΠOΛЄIT(ΩN), Hercules standing left, holding club and lion skin. Youroukova, Hadrianople - (but cf. 713). Good VF, green patina. Rare variety with head of Hercules right.