Herakles & the Nemean Lion
442, Lot: 642. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Perinthus. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (34mm, 24.27 g, 7h). AYT ΓAΛΛHNOC CεB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield; gorgoneion on shield / ΠEPINΘIΩN ΔIC NEΩKOPIN, Herakles standing right, wrestling with the Nemean lion; club in left field. Schönert,
Perinthos 899; BMC 75; Varbanov 599 (
this coin cited). VF, brown surfaces.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 787.
This reverse illustrates the first of the Labours of Herakles – the killing of a lion with a skin impervious to weapons.