Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 438. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. 3rd century AD. Æ 20mm (2.58 g, 6h). Labor of Hercules type. TON KTICTHN, laureate head of Hercules right / ADRIANO POLEITW(N), Hercules standing left, holding club overhead in raised right hand, with his left holding the Lernaean Hydra, which is entwined about his left leg; to right, bow and quiver set on ground. Voegtli type 2i; Youroukova, Hadrianople 709 (V298/R670); Mouchmov 2479; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, green patina.

From the James E. Cain Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 1873.