126, Lot: 167. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Heracleia Pontica. Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Æ 28mm (10.12 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles standing left, nude, raising club far over his shoulder, about to beat to death the Hydra. Waddington, RG -; Voegtli -; BMC Pontus -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Near VF, dark brown surfaces, some light smoothing. This type not recorded for Severus Alexander from this mint.