“Farnese Hercules”

309, Lot: 364. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (19mm, 3.94 g, 12h). Antioch mint. 7th-10th emisions, AD 263. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing right, holding Apples of the Hesperides behind back in right hand, lion’s skin and club set on rocks in left; star to right. RIC 673; MIR 36, 1616g; RSC 1320c. EF.