Golden Apples of the Hesperides

411, Lot: 289. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (26mm, 13.22 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing facing, head left, with lion skin over forearm, holding Apples of the Hesperides and club. Jurukova 643 var. (V260/R589 [unlisted die combination]). VF, green-brown patina.