Hercules’ Second Labor – The Lernaean Hydra

361, Lot: 787. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (27mm, 9.92 g, 8h). Ovinius Tertullus, legatus consularis. Struck AD 198-201. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules left, about to strike Lernaean Hydra. H&J, Nikopolis 8.18.14.1 (this coin illustrated); Varbanov 3111. Good VF, rough green patina. Rare.

From the R.H. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 138 (26 April 2006), lot 134.