PHRYGIA, Themisonium. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (36mm, 24.42 g, 6h). ΑΥ Κ Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗΡ ΜΑΖΙΜЄΙΝΟC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Θ ЄΜΙCΩ ΝЄΩΝ, at center; Herakles standing facing, head right, leaning on club to right and holding lion’s skin in left; to left, Apollo Lykeios standing facing, head right, holding horse by bridle with right hand; to right, Hermes standing facing, head left, holding caduceus in right hand and purse in left. RPC VI Online 5535.8 (
this coin); SNG von Aulock 4020 (same dies); BMC 10. Dark green patina, light earthen deposits, slight roughness. Near VF. Rare.
Ex Dr. Peter Vogl Collection (Helios 5, 25 June 2010), lot 968; Aufhäuser 12 (1 October 1996), lot 640.
Herakles, Apollo and Hermes all had a shared patrimony in that they were all sons of Zeus.
