From the Mabbot Collection

315, Lot: 202. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (36mm, 25.78 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing right, holding club resting on bull’s head, lion skin, and the child Telephus, who leans forward to pet a deer; tree with birds in background. SNG France 1586; SNG Levante 1098 (same dies). Fine, brown-green patina, rough surfaces.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection. Ex Thomas Ollive Mabbott Collection (Hans M. F. Schulman, 6 June 1969), lot 2237.

This charming reverse design depicting Hercules and his son Telephus derives from a 4th century BC Greek sculpture. Roman copies of this work survive, the finest of which is belongs to the Louvre.