CNG 88, Lot: 762. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Perinthus. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (30mm, 16.86 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / Hercules standing right, wrestling the Nemean Lion; club to left. Voegtli type 1; Stoll,
Herakles -; cf. Schönert,
Perinthos 899/898 (for obv./rev.; sames die as illustration); Varbanov 600. VF, earthen black-green patina, light scape on upper arm of Hercules. Rare late issue for this city.
From Group CEM.