Hercules’ Third Labor - The Cerynean Hind
199, Lot: 319. Estimate $150. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 29mm (11.76 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Herakles and the Cerynean hind: Herakles standing left, grasping antlers of the Cerynean Hind, pinning it down with his knee; club to left. Weiser -; RG 447; Voegtli 3k. VF, black patina with earthen highlights, some scratches on obverse.
From the D. Alighieri Collection.