MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Tetrassarion (28.5mm, 13.95 g, 1h). Aurelius Gallus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 201-203. Near VF.

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Roman Provincial, Bronze

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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Tetrassarion (28.5mm, 13.95 g, 1h). Aurelius Gallus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 201-203. Laureate head right / Herakles and the Cretan Bull: Herakles standing left, wrestling the Cretan Bull. HH&J, Nikopolis 8.14.14.33; AMNG 1309 var. (bow below bull); Varbanov 2710. Green brown patina, red deposits, smoothed, details enhanced. Near VF. Rare.

Herakles’ seventh labor was to capture the Cretan Bull. Minos, the king of Crete, gave the hero permission to take the bull away, as it had been causing destruction on the island. Herakles subdued the Bull with his bare hands, and shipped it back to Athens. Although Eurystheus wished to sacrifice the bull to Hera, the goddess refused the sacrifice because it reflected glory on her sworn enemy. The Bull was released and wandered into the town of Marathon, where it became known as the Marathonian Bull.

Closing Date and Time: 16 August 2023 at 11:30:00 ET.

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