The Eleventh Labor of Hercules: the Golden Apples of the Hesperides

344, Lot: 320. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Acrasus. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (36mm, 22.97 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing facing, head right, holding the apples of the Hesperides, lion skin, and club. SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock –; BMC –; Kraft pl. 43, 40 (same dies). Near VF, dark green patina, smoothing and cleaning scratches. Rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.