Drunken Hercules

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1065. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ 23mm (8.15 g, 1h). Struck AD 211-213. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Drunken Hercules, standing right, being supported by satyr standing behind; on either side, satyr standing in support. Bellinger A435; SNG Copenhagen 194. Good VF, black-olive and brick-red patina.

From the James E. Cain Collection.