Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 990. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. Antoninianus (3.66 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 286-294. MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS A-VGG, Hercules, holding club in right hand, apple in left, lion's skin over left arm, standing right in the Garden of the Hesperides; serpent-entwined apple tree to right; XXIT. RIC V 569; Venerá -. EF. Very rare.

From the James E. Cain Collection.