Hercules Wrestling the Giant Antaeus

381, Lot: 300. Estimate $150. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (26mm, 9.94 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules, on the right, standing facing with his head right, grasping the giant Antaeus around his waist and lifting him off the ground. Weiser –; RG 446; Voegtli 17d. Near VF, dark brown surfaces. Rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.