EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 21.21 g, 1h). Labors of Herakles series. Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Fair.Electronic Auction 523 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 21.21 g, 1h). Labors of Herakles series. Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Laureate head right / Hercules and the Apples of the Hesperides – Hercules standing right, lion’s skin and club over his left shoulder, holding club with his left hand and reaching with his right hand for the Apples of the Hesperides hanging from branch of tree to right; the serpent Ladon coiled around the tree’s trunk, arrow pierced through its neck; L ΔЄKA TOV (date) around. Köln 1545; Dattari (Savio) 8496 (this coin); K&G 35.354; RPC IV.4 Online 13594; Emmett 1554.10. Green-brown patina, rough. Fair. |