126, Lot: 166. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BITHYNIA, Heracleia Pontica. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ 31mm (17.81 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Herakles seated left on rocks covered with lion's skin, resting club on ground in left hand, right hand extended holding cantharus. Waddington,
RG 134; BMC Pontus -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Near VF, glossy dark green patina, flan bent slightly, some smoothing in fields.